1840: Liberty Party: James G. Birney The Liberty Party was the political outgrowth of the growing anti-slavery movement. It had been born in 1839, when the movement factionalized into ...

The country grew tremendously in this period until, by the 1840's ... United States was conceived of as part of the progress of mankind and the spread of liberty throughout the world.

The Liberty Party was formed in upstate New York in 1840 by men who generally rejected the argument that slavery was recognized by the Constitution. One of the members of the new party was Elgin ...