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Free Democrat referred to Free Soil (anti-slavery) advocates in the U.S.

The Free Democrat was newspaper in Wisconsin edited by S. M. Booth.[1] Booth also edited American Freeman[2]

The Free Democrat newspaper in St. Joseph, Missouri (near the border with Kansas) was started by Bernard? Pearle?[3]

In Indiana a free soil third party led by Schuyler Colfax used the title.[2]

Michigan Free Democrat was a newspaper[4]

The name was also given to a schooner out of Milwaukee[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Meeting, State Historical Society of Wisconsin (November 25, 1895). "Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin". State Historical Society of Wisconsin – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Theodore Clarke (1897). "The Liberty and Free Soil Parties in the Northwest: Toppan Prize Essay of 1896".
  3. ^ Hamlin, Kimberly A. (17 March 2020). Free Thinker: The Extraordinary Life of the Fallen Woman Who Won the Vote. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9781324004981.
  4. ^ Hershock, Martin J. (2003). The Paradox of Progress: Economic Change, Individual Enterprise, and Political Culture in Michigan, 1837-1878. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821415139.
  5. ^ "Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States". 1869.