The Creation Of The Free Soil Party

The individual that I chose isn’t one person but a group of individuals who were disgruntle politician who were anti slavery supports known as The Free Soil Party. The party consisted of various parties including the Democrats, Whigs the liberty party and New York State anti-slavery group call Barnburner. The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections. This Party was founded in Buffalo, New York it was a third party that largely appealed to and drew its great strength from New York State. The issue that I chose was The Wilmot Provision, which was an amendment that was attached to requests for funding from the government that prompted
They wanted farm families to settle the western territories and install democratic republican values and institutions there. Motivating its members –mostly white yeomen farmers was their belief that slavery benefited “aristocratic men”. The Wilmot Proviso of 1846 was an event that prompted the creation of The Free Soil Party. The Wilmot Proviso was a bold attempt by opponents of slavery to prevent its introduction in the territories purchased from Mexico following the Mexico War. The Proviso never passed through Congress, but it did ignite an intense national debate over slavery that led to the creation of the antislavery Republican Party in 1854. The Mexican War was fueled by the desire to annex Texas. President Polk asked congress for 2 million to help negotiate peace and settle the boundary with Mexico. David Wilmot attached his proposal The Wilmot Proviso to President Polk’s funding measure, which would prohibit slavery in the new territories acquired from Mexico, including California. This injected the controversial slavery issue into the funding debate, the House approved the bill and sent it to the Senate for