The term Democrat was gradually substituted under the leadership of Jackson before 1830.

Some of the men who participated in the organization of the later Republican party had themselves been Republicans in the party of Jefferson.

They not only accepted the name which Jefferson gave to his party, but they adopted the principles which Jefferson proclaimed on the subject of slavery, free soil, and human rights in general.

This was the final stage in the identification of the later anti-slavery crusade with the earlier contest for liberty..