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CONSCIENCE WHIGS

\kˈɒnʃəns wˈɪɡz], \kˈɒnʃəns wˈɪɡz], \k_ˈɒ_n_ʃ_ə_n_s w_ˈɪ_ɡ_z]\

Definitions of CONSCIENCE WHIGS

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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In the decade preceding the disruption of the Whig party, those Whigs who were conscientiously opposed to the extension of slavery. These mostly became Free-Soilers, or later. Republicans, when that party was formed.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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