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Instead of the OTL Republican Party, have an actual left-leaning/centre-left party becoming the main anti-slavery party opposing the Democrats in 1854-1856, which would consist of liberal reformists (Horace Mann, Charles Sumner, Charles Francis Adams...), labour leaders (Benjamin Wade), German 1848 radicals...and maybe progressive businessmen, but the most conservative GOP members IOTL would join American Party. Basically this party would look like the UK Liberal Party or German Progress Party, maybe except for the tariff position.

The challenge is to make that party the second party opposing the Dems.
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