Ell’s Reviews > Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era > Status Update

US history be like: 'The Southern Federalists, called Bunions, supported slavery and protectionism; the Northern Federalists or 'Old Honkies' supported free trade and emancipation. In 1844 the Old Honkies and some anti-slavery Republican Democrats formed the Democratic Republican party, also known as the Buggerlugs after their leader, Melvin Q. Buggerlug. However Buggerlug's Vice President was pro-slavery.'