Opposition Party (Southern U.S.)

The Opposition Party was a third party in the South in the years just before the American Civil War.

This article is about the Southern pro-slavery party that arose in the South before the American Civil War. For the Northern anti-slavery movement that had arisen a few years earlier, see Opposition Party (Northern U.S.). For the generic term "Opposition party", see Opposition (parliamentary).
Opposition Party
LeadersJohn Adams Gilmer
John Netherland
Founded1858 (1858)
Dissolved1860 (1860)
Preceded byWhig Party
Unionist Party
Merged intoConstitutional Union Party
IdeologyPro-slavery
Nativism
Southern unionism
Whiggism
Political positionFar-right
Colors  Yellow
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