In the U.S., liberty is a cherished ideal dating back to at least the Boston Tea Party, and both major parties have tried to claim its mantle. But the Republican Party has been more successful at ...

1840: Liberty Party: James G. Birney The Liberty Party was the political outgrowth of the growing anti-slavery movement. It had been born in 1839, when the movement factionalized into ...

For more than four years, the Liberty Party (LP) stood on the edge of collapse, its once-strong foundation shaken by internal conflict, legal battles, and competing claims to leadership.