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FREE SOIL PARTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former political party in the United States; formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories; merged with the Liberty Party in 1848
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Free Soil Party" is a kind of...):
party; political party (an organization to gain political power)