Opposition Party (Southern U.S.)

This article is about the Southern pro-slavery party that arose in the South before the American Civil War. For the Northern anti-slavery movement that had arisen a few years earlier, see Opposition Party (Northern U.S.). For the generic term "Opposition party", see Opposition (parliamentary).
Opposition Party
LeadersJohn Adams Gilmer
John Netherland
Founded1858; 166 years ago (1858)
Dissolved1860; 164 years ago (1860)
Preceded byWhig Party
Unionist Party
Merged intoConstitutional Union Party
IdeologyPro-slavery
Nativism
Southern unionism
Whiggism
Political positionFar-right
Colors  Yellow

The Opposition Party was a third party in the South in the years just before the American Civil War.