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1846-1848.
Becomes chief editor of the
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Brooklyn
Eagle, a post he holds from from
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March
5, 1846 to January 18, 1848.
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In
May 1848, Whitman is fired because his
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politics
conflict with those of the publisher.
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A
“free soil” or “locofoco”Democrat,
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Whitman
opposes the expansion of slavery
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into
new territories.
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