In the late 1850s, a white slaveholder living in Mississippi most likely voted for candidates from which political party?

A) Free Soil
B) Democratic
C) American
D) Whig
E) Republican

In the late 1850s, the Democratic Party was the primary political party supporting the interests of the Southern slaveholders, including those in Mississippi. The party advocated for states' rights, including the right to maintain and expand slavery into new territories. Other parties listed, such as the Free Soil, Republican, and Whig parties, were more aligned with anti-slavery sentiments to varying degrees, making them unlikely choices for a Mississippi slaveholder. The American Party, also known as the Know-Nothings, was primarily focused on anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic policies and did not have a clear stance on slavery that would appeal to Southern slaveholders.