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The Barnburners were a liberal faction of the New York state United States Democratic Party in the mid 19th century. The term barnburner was derived from the idea of someone who would burn down his own barn to get rid of a rat infestation.The Barnburners opposed the extension of slavery, expanding public debt, and the power of the large corporations. In the U.S. presidential election of 1848, they supported Martin van Buren.
Their opponents, the conservative Hunkers, favored minimizing the slavery issue, internal improvements, and state banks. They were in turn divided into the "softs" and the "hards," depending on their views on slavery. The term hunker was derived from someone who "hunkers" (hankers) after a political office.
While this division relates primarily to New York politics, it also reflects on national divisions in the United States.
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