The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested…

Abraham Lincoln
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The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the master of your own negroes. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2008). Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition), p.81, ReadHowYouWant.com
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