What issue led to the formation of the republican party and what stand did the party take on the issues

The Republican political party was started by a group of Whigs who were against having slaves. Republicans were primarily abolitionists and the party formed in order to take a stand against slavery.

Contributing factors  leading  to the harlem renaissance were the great migration of african americans to northern cities, which concentratedambitious  people in places where they could encourage each  other, and the first world war, which had created new industrial work opportunities for tens of thousands of people.