On March 20, 1854 the Republican Party was Founded by Anti-Slavery Activists
By The Geller Report
“We are Republicans. But we are Americans first. It is as Americans that we express our concern with the growing confusion that threatens the security and stability of our country.” — Margaret Chase Smith, American politician who served as a U.S. representative from 1940–1949 and a U.S. senator from 1949–1973.
More essential education not taught in our garbage government public schools.
On this day in history, March 20, 1854, Republican Party founded to oppose expansion of slavery
Anti-slavery activists motivated as pending Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned Missouri Compromise
By Kerry J. Byrne | Fox News
The Republican Party, forged from of a coalition of political forces to oppose the advance of slavery in the American west, was created in Ripon, Wisconsin, on this day in history, March 20, 1854.
“The Republican Party grew out of resistance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which overrode the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery to spread into Western territory by popular sovereignty,” writes PBS American Experience in its history of political parties in the United States.
“‘Anti-Nebraska’ men included anti-slavery Whigs, Democrats, Free Soilers, reformers, and abolitionists.”
On this day in history, March 20, 1854, Republican Party founded to oppose expansion of slavery
AUTHOR
Pamela Geller
RELATED ARTICLES:
Federal Judge Hands Over Trump’s Lawyer’s Notes to DOJ
RELATED TWEET:
Don’t TOUCH DONALD TRUMP. Don’t put those filthy handcuffs on my President.
He gave up everything & his lavish life to Make This Country Great Again and this is what he gets in Return.
What in World is going on in America.
They might try to kill him, that’s how much they… https://t.co/bUn8HLSS0g pic.twitter.com/RKQ1EcDOVk
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) March 21, 2023
EDITORS NOTE: This Geller Report was republished with permission. ©All rights reserved.
This article is courtesy of DrRichSwier.com, an online community of citizen journalists, academics, subject matter experts, and activists to express the principles of limited government and personal liberty to the public, to policy makers, and to political activists. Please visit DrRichSwier.com for more great content.
