Opposition Party (Southern U.S.)
U.S. Southern pro-slavery party of the 1850s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Southern pro-slavery party that arose in the South before the American Civil War. For the Northern anti-slavery movement that had arisen a few years earlier, see Opposition Party (Northern U.S.). For the generic term "Opposition party", see Opposition (parliamentary).
The Opposition Party was a third party in the South in the years just before the American Civil War.
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Opposition Party | |
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Leaders | John Adams Gilmer John Netherland |
Founded | 1858; 166 years ago (1858) |
Dissolved | 1860; 164 years ago (1860) |
Preceded by | Whig Party Unionist Party |
Merged into | Constitutional Union Party |
Ideology | Pro-slavery Nativism Southern unionism Whiggism |
Political position | Far-right |
Colors | Yellow |
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