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What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. Abraham Lincoln. War, Believe, Struggle. Letter to Horace Greeley, 22 Aug. 1862.
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 In 1854, Illinois Democrat Stephen A. Douglas pushed the Kansas-Nebraska Act through Congress, which in effect repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and ...
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.
Dec 29, 1996 · This page contains a series of documented quotes from Abraham Lincoln on the topic of slavery.
Oct 11, 2010 · Historian Eric Foner traces how Lincoln's thoughts about slavery — and freed slaves — mirrored America's own transformation in The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.
Lincoln was opposed to the expansion of slavery into the territories, but agreed with nearly all Americans, including most radical abolitionists, that the federal government was prevented by the Constitution from abolishing slavery in states where it already existed.
Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it on his love of justice. These principles are in eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow. Abraham Lincoln. Love, Men, Justice.
