Was the Republican Party created to abolish slavery? Is there any evidence supporting this?

Was the Republican Party created to abolish slavery? Yes. The Republican Party created to abolish slavery. There is much evidence to support this.

Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. What else is needed to prove it?

“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong”, he stated in a now-famous quote. “I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel.”[2]

Meanwhile, Douglas who was his Democratic Party opponent in the debates made partisan remarks (Wikipedia ) “…such as Douglas’ accusations that members of the “Black Republican” party[18] were abolitionists, including Lincoln, [19] and he cited Lincoln’s House Divided Speech as proof[20] in which he said, “I believe this government cannot endure permanently half Slave and half Free.” [21] Douglas also charged Lincoln with opposing the Dred Scott decision because “it deprives the negro of the rights and privileges of citizenship.”

—- Jack Garbuz, studied History & Political Economy at Brooklyn College (1981)

The Republican party was founded in 1854. They were actually an anti-slavery party *before* they chose the name “Republican”. (The origin of the Republican Party :: Turning Points in Wisconsin History)

In the 1856 elections, they included in their platform “…it becomes our duty to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it for the purpose of establishing Slavery in the Territories of the United States by positive legislation, prohibiting its existence or extension therein….”. (Republican Platform of 1856)

Of course, one can split hairs and argue that their *immediate* goal was to stop the spread of slavery into any new territories & states. However, their ultimate goal was quite openly the abolition of slavery.

—- Frank Blissett, Board Operator at Sovereign Communications (1997-present)

The Republican Party emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery into American territories. The early Republican Party consisted of African-Americans, northern white Protestants, businessmen, professionals, factory workers, and farmers. The GOP was pro-business, and it supported banks, the gold standard, railroads and high tariffs; the party opposed the expansion of slavery. At its inception, Republican Party had almost no presence in the Southern United States; by 1858, however it had enlisted former Whigs and former Free Soil Democrats to form majorities in nearly every Northern state.

—- Tom Handy, Engineer, Musician, Father, Husband, Christian

Was the Republican Party created to abolish slavery? Is there any evidence supporting this?