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Feb 1, 2015 · Selected Quotations on Slavery by Abraham Lincoln. If you wonder what Lincoln said about slavery, you will find the richest source of quotations in his political writings from 1854 to 1865. In 1854, Illinois Democrat Stephen A. Douglas pushed the Kansas-Nebraska Act through Congress, which in effect repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and ...
- Speech at The Cooper Institute
In October 1859 Abraham Lincoln accepted an invitation to...
- Eulogy on Henry Clay
When, therefore, in 1819, Missouri, having formed a State...
- Emancipation Proclamation
A few months after Lincoln's assassination, historian George...
- Letter to James Conkling
During the Civil War, Union supporters in President Abraham...
- Letter to Horace Greeley
Written during the heart of the Civil War, this is one of...
- Letter to George Robertson
George Robertson was a Kentucky lawyer and professor who...
- Speech at The Cooper Institute
Abraham Lincoln. Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature — opposition to it, in his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks, and throes, and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.
Oct 11, 2010 · Abraham Lincoln always thought slavery was unjust — but struggled with what to do once slavery ended. Historian Eric Foner traces how Lincoln's thoughts about slavery — and freed...
Abraham Lincoln is often referred to as "The Great Emancipator" and yet, he did not publicly call for emancipation throughout his entire life. Lincoln began his public career by claiming that he was "antislavery" -- against slavery's expansion, but not calling for immediate emancipation.
Dec 29, 1996 · I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861. "In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free.
Abraham Lincoln 's position on slavery in the United States is one of the most discussed aspects of his life. Lincoln frequently expressed his moral opposition to slavery in public and private. [1] ". I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong," he stated.
Jun 10, 2021 · Biographer Ronald C. White explores a private letter in which Abraham Lincoln debated the illogic and immorality of slavery with himself
