We think slavery a great moral wrong, and while we do not claim the ri…

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We think slavery a great moral wrong, and while we do not claim the right to touch it where it exists, we wish to treat it as a wrong in the territories, where our votes will reach it. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). Lincoln Speeches, p.133, Penguin
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We think slavery a great moral wrong, and while we do not claim the right to touch it where it exists, we wish to treat it as a wrong in the territories, where our votes will reach it. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). Lincoln Speeches, p.133, Penguin

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