On this day in Warsaw, New York, the Liberty Party—the first political party in the United States founded explicitly to oppose slavery—was officially organized. It marked a critical shift from moral persuasion to political action in the abolitionist movement.
Early Black abolitionists like Samuel Ringgold Ward and Henry Highland Garnet were among its earliest supporters, helping to shape the party’s vision of racial equality and justice. The Liberty Party laid the groundwork for future political action against slavery, eventually influencing the formation of the Free Soil and Republican parties.
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