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Barnburners

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Barnburners

Political faction of the New York Democratic Party about 1844. They were so called because of their enthusiastic support of radical reforms, which was likened to the thoroughness of a Dutchman who burnt down his barn to destroy the rats inside. They joined the Free Soilers in supporting the presidential candidature of Martin Van Buren 1848. Many of them were eventually affiliated with the Republican Party.



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