Before the Civil War, the Republican party stood for keeping slavery out of the territories but also for allowing it to remain where it already existed.

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The early Republican Party, formed in the 1850s, was indeed against the expansion of slavery into new territories but was not committed to interfering with slavery in states where it already existed, focusing instead on preventing its spread.

Before the Civil War, the Republican Party Stood for Keeping