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What (who) is hunkers$36270$ - definition

Hunkers; Barnburners; Barn-Burners; Barnburner; Hunkers and Barnburners; Barnburners and hunkers; Barn-burner

Barnburner         
·add. ·noun A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, ·etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848;
- opposed to Hunker.
Barnburners and Hunkers         
The Barnburners and Hunkers were the names of two opposing factions of the New York state Democratic Party in the mid-19th century. The main issue dividing the two factions was that of slavery, with the Barnburners being the anti-slavery faction.
hunkers         
¦ plural noun informal one's haunches.
Origin
C18 (orig. Scots): from hunker.

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Barnburners and Hunkers

The Barnburners and Hunkers were the names of two opposing factions of the New York Democratic Party in the mid-19th century. The main issue dividing the two factions was that of slavery, with the Barnburners being the anti-slavery faction. While this division occurred within the context of New York politics, it reflected the national divisions in the United States in the years preceding the American Civil War.