The Know Nothing Party took a series of different positions to appeal to their voter base. A group of senators wanted to prohibit slavery in the western territories, freeing slaves held in Washington D.C., banning the purchase and sale of slaves, and repealing the Fugitive Slave Act which required people to return runaway slaves to their “owners.”
The Know Nothing Party took a series of different positions to appeal to their voter base. A group of senators wanted to prohibit slavery in the western territories, freeing slaves held in Washington D.C., banning the purchase and sale of slaves, and repealing the Fugitive Slave Act which required people to return runaway slaves to their “owners.”