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Southern secession

The secession of Southern states in response to the Republican Party's stance on slavery and the election of Abraham Lincoln.

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Which party supported freedom of slaves?

The principal political force that campaigned for in in the mid-19th century was , founded in the 1850s to oppose the expansion of slavery and ultimately associated with abolition under and . Earlier ...