Lincoln’s History of the Slavery Issue
October 16, 1854 In order to get a clear understanding of what the Missouri Compromise is, a short history … will perhaps be proper. When we established our independence, we
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October 16, 1854 In order to get a clear understanding of what the Missouri Compromise is, a short history … will perhaps be proper. When we established our independence, we
Abraham Lincoln, First Annual Message, online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202175. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: In the midst
Source: Abraham Lincoln, Special Session Message, Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202522. … It might seem at first thought to be of little difference whether
Abraham Lincoln, Message to Congress, July 4, 1861, Second Printed Draft, with Changes in Lincoln’s Hand, May 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers: Series 1, General Correspondence, Manuscript/Mixed Material, https://www.loc.gov/item/mal1057200/ Fellow citizens
Source: Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln, Centenary Edition, vol. 2, ed. Marion Mills Miller (New York: Current Literature Publishing, 1907), 218-275, https://archive.org/ details/lifeworks02lincuoft/page/274. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
Source: Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln, Centenary Edition, vol. 3, ed. Marion Mills Miller (New York: Current Literature Publishing, 1907), 35–46, https://archive.org/details/lifeworks03lincuoft/page/n3. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention:
Source: Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln, Centenary Edition, vol. 3, ed. Marion MillsMiller (New York: Current Literature Publishing, 1907), 15–30, https://archive.org/details/lifeworks03lincuoft/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater. Fellow citizens: I am here tonight, partly by
Source: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 7, ed. Arthur Brooks Lapsley (New York: Lamb Publishing, 1906), 389. As I would not be a slave, so I would not be
Source: Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln, Centenary Edition, vol. 3, ed. Marion MillsMiller (New York: Current Literature Publishing, 1907), 47–72, https://archive.org/details/lifeworks03lincuoft/page/n3. My Fellow Citizens: On yesterday evening, upon the
Source: Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln, Centenary Edition, vol. 2, ed. Marion Mills Miller (New York: Current Literature Publishing, 1907), 197–214, https://archive.org/details/lifeworks02lincuoft/page/196/mode/2up?q=Eulogy+on+Henry+Clay. On the fourth day of July 1776,