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"I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

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Copy of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

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Challenging this Argument

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American Experience
Clip: Season 25 Episode 12 | 2m 10s

At six years old, Frederick Douglass had just begun his life as a slave when he witnessed his aunt get beaten brutally by her master. "It was the bloodstained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery," he would later write.

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American Experience | Frederick Douglass Begins to Understand Slavery | Season 25 | Episode 12 | PBS

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American Experience Clip: Season 25 Episode 12 | 2m 10s At six years old, Frederick Douglass had just begun his life as a slave when he witnessed his aunt get beaten brutally by her master. "It was the bloodstained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery," he would later write.

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they had nothing to do with slavery on the poster didn't even talk of free states, only territories
protect industry
nothing about abolisionists

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Copy of A Whig and a Democrat debate the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Response to Abraham Lincoln getting elected, Slaves would gain their freedom.

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"Monkey Uncommon Up, Massa!" Lincoln's Election, Punch Magazine, December 1, 1860

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How to Cite This Page: ""Monkey Uncommon Up, Massa!" Lincoln's Election, Punch Magazine, December 1, 1860," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/34105.

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“The Republican Party is an abolitionist party.”

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“The Republican Party is an abolitionist party.”

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“Lincoln will destroy the south and the institution of slavery.”

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“Lincoln will destroy the south and the institution of slavery.”

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“Slavery is a positive good for America, and for slaves themselves.”

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“Slavery is a positive good for America, and for slaves themselves.”