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Republican Platform

United States of America · Politics / Republican Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1860Date range
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1860

Abraham Lincoln5 1860

Chicago · Politics / Republican Party

Republicans adopt a national platform opposing the expansion of slavery

Names involved

Abraham Lincoln

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