http://wblk.com The People's Station Mon, 20 May 2013 02:43:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wblk.com/free-soil-party-thousands-gather-in-buffalo-for-national-convention/ http://wblk.com/free-soil-party-thousands-gather-in-buffalo-for-national-convention/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:00:17 +0000 Kari-Lynn Wirth http://wblk.com/?p=46217 On August 9, 1848, the Free Soil Party, an anti-slavery political party, held a national convention in Buffalo. It was attended by no less than twenty thousand men.

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