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on March 20, 2024
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On This Day In History: March 20,1854
Republican Party founded
In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party meet to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The Whig
Party, which was formed in 1834 to oppose the “tyranny” of President Andrew Jackson, had shown itself incapable of coping with the national crisis over slavery.
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JimJimmyJames
  • March 20, 2024
    Unreconstructed
    With the South seceding from the Union, it locked itself out of any possibility of "expanding slavery". It not only did not want to expand slavery, it wanted to end it, and many were already freeing their slaves at that time. The CSA outlawed the importation of slaves in its Constitution.
  • March 20, 2024
    JimJimmyJames
    ‌ The last known slave ship docked in Mobile, Alabama in late 1859.
  • March 20, 2024