6. According to this document, what was the position of the Republican Party in 1860 on the issue of expanding slavery into the territories? *
Document 6
Excerpt from the Republican Party Platform, 1860
That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom. That, as our
Repubican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory [Northwest Territory),
ordained that "no persons should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law," it
becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain the provision of the
Constitution against all attempts to violate it, and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial
legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Source: Republican Party Platform, May 17, 1860

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