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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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   Abraham Lincoln

   Despite support for the Crittenden Compromise among some Republicans, Lincoln denounced it in private letters, saying "either the Missouri line extended, or... ... In a February 22, 1861 speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia Lincoln said,
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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." ... It said in part, "Our doctrine is this: WE ARE FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE THAT OUR GREAT AND NECESSARY DOMESTIC INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY SHALL BE PRESERVED."
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   Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858

   Douglas tried to convince, especially the Democrats, that Lincoln was an abolitionist for saying that the American Declaration of Independence applied to blacks as well as whites. ... ↑ First Debate: Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858 - Abraham Lincoln said, "Then what is necessary for the nationalization of slavery?
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   United States Declaration of Independence

   Common Sense introduced no new ideas, and probably had little direct effect on Congress's thinking about independence; its importance was in stimulating public debate on a topic that few had previously dared to openly discuss. ... “Lincoln does not argue law or history, as Daniel Webster did.
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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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   Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

   Also in his inaugural address, in a final attempt to unite the Union and prevent the looming war, Lincoln supported the pending Corwin Amendment to the Constitution, which had passed Congress. ... Abraham Lincoln
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   Origins of the American Civil War

   "Vote yourself a farm – vote yourself a tariff": a campaign slogan for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. ... On March 4, 1865, Lincoln said in his Second Inaugural Address that slavery was the cause of the War:
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   Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission

   Iowa Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial ... Sponsored by the History Channel, the program will explore Lincoln’s rise from poverty to the presidency, his thoughts on slavery and his belief in the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
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    Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln

    "What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? ... Abraham Lincoln

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