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   Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858

   However, he did say Douglas ignored the basic humanity of blacks, and that slaves did have an equal right to liberty. ... ↑ First Debate: Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858 - Abraham Lincoln said, "Then what is necessary for the nationalization of slavery?
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   Abraham Lincoln

   Despite support for the Crittenden Compromise among some Republicans, Lincoln denounced it in private letters, saying "either the Missouri line extended, or... ... Wilson, Douglas L. (1999), Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln.
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   Gettysburg Address

   The only confirmed photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg (seated), taken about noon, just after Lincoln arrived and some three hours before he spoke. ... Lincoln's "few appropriate remarks" summarized the war in 10 sentences and 272 words.
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   American Civil War

   Northern politician Abraham Lincoln said, "this question of Slavery was more important than any other; indeed, so much more important has it become that no other national question can even get a hearing just at present." ... ↑ Harper, Douglas (2003).
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   Abraham Lincoln on slavery

   Lincoln stated that Negroes had the rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the first of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.. Lincoln said he was against Negro suffrage in his speech in Columbus, Ohio on September 16, 1859.:d
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   Origins of the American Civil War

   As the schism in the Democratic party deepened, moderate Republicans argued that an alliance with anti-administration Democrats, especially Stephen Douglas, would be a key advantage in the 1860 elections. ... On March 4, 1865, Lincoln said in his Second Inaugural Address that slavery was the cause of the War:
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   Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln

   Tripp's book includes an afterword by historian and Lincoln biographer Michael Burlingame titled "A Respectful Dissent", in which he states: ... ↑ Douglas Wilson Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln Vintage Publishing 1999 ISBN 0375703969
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   History of the United States (1849–1865)

   Lincoln said that Chief Justice Roger Taney was the first person who said that the Declaration of Independence did not apply to blacks and that Douglas was the second. ... Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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   John Brown (abolitionist)

   President Abraham Lincoln said he was a "misguided fanatic" and Brown has been called "the most controversial of all 19th-century Americans." ... As shown in the Ohio Cultivator, Brown and other wool growers had already complained about this problem as something that hurt U.S. wools abroad.
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    George B. McClellan

    He claimed to have defeated an attempt at vote fraud by Republicans by ordering the delay of a train that was carrying men to vote illegally in another county, enabling Douglas to win the county. ... But Lincoln told his secretary, John Hay, "We must use what tools we have.

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