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Interpret the beliefs of the Free Soil Party which emerged as a third party in 1848.

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opposed to slavery in non slave areas.

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The Free Soilers opposed slavery's expansion into any new territories or states. They generally believed that the government could not end slavery where it already existed but that it could restrict slavery in new areas.

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