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Originally Posted by Sphyre JLB, you do realize that the Republican and Democratic parties that we know today did not exist during the civil war, right? They've had several throughout our country's history but they've changed. |
The Republican Party was founded by Abraham Lincoln, and he was President during the entire civil war. The Republican Party was founded on an anti-slavery platform, against the pro-slavery Democrats.
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On July 6, 1854, in Jackson, Mich., the Republican Party formally organized itself by holding its first convention, adopting a platform and nominating a full slate of candidates for state offices. Other states soon followed, and the first Republican candidate for president, John C. Frémont, ran in 1856 with the slogan "Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, Fremont."http://www.ncgop.org/reference/history.html
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The Democrat Party was founded in 1792.
So you are wrong. Both parties existed during the Civil War, but only one was an anti slavery party.