Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Black Republicans

The Republicans were so called by the pro-slavery party of the States, because they resisted the introduction of slavery into any State where it was not already recognised.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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