Portal:Conservatism/Selected anniversary/September


 * 21st
 * 1854 – the United States Republican Party is founded. The party opposed the expansion of slavery, called for free homesteads to farmers ("free soil"), and sought to modernize banking, railroads, and industry.


 * 27th
 * 1871 – the Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of Free Birth, a measure championed by Rio Branco


 * 29th
 * 1994 – the Contract with America is signed by Republican Party members on the steps of the United States Capitol.