I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualif…

Abraham Lincoln
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I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office. ✨ Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas, Charleston, Ill., 18 Sept. 1858
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I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office. ✨ Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas, Charleston, Ill., 18 Sept. 1858

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