Some
members of the Anti-Slavery
Society were dissatisfied with the radical leadership of William
Lloyd Garrison, and in 1839 formed a rival organization, the American
and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
The following year they formed their own political party, the Liberty
Party.
In the 1840 presidential election, the Liberty Party's candidate,
James Birney won 7,000 votes. Four years
later Birney increased this to 62,000. Gerrit
Smith was their unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1848 and
1852.
In August 1848 members of the Liberty Party joined with anti-slavery
members of the Whig Party to form the Free-Soil
Party.
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