this anti-slavery party founded in 1848, and absorbed into the Republican Party six years later.
While its first presidential candidate received only 10 percent of the popular vote, it is said that these votes swung the election in favor of the Whigs. Henry Adams, whose father ran on the ticket with Martin Van Buren, wrote that this political party "violently affected his character" and became a chief influence in his education. _FOR 10 POINTS—_ name this anti-slavery party founded in 1848, and absorbed into the Republican Party six years later.
While its first presidential candidate received only 10 percent of the popular vote, it is said that these votes swung the election in favor of the Whigs.
{Free-Soil} Party