I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District…

Abraham Lincoln
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I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1999). Lincoln on Lincoln, p.127, University Press of Kentucky
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I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1999). Lincoln on Lincoln, p.127, University Press of Kentucky

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