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In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free. I insist that they found the institution of slavery existing here. They did not make it so,

In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free. I insist that they found the institution of slavery existing here. They did not make it so, but they left it so because they knew of no way to get rid of it at that time.

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Father, Half, Slavery
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, James Ford Rhodes, John Esten Cooke (2017). “CIVIL WAR – Complete History of the War, Documents, Memoirs & Biographies of the Lead Commanders: Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant & William T. Sherman, Biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee, The Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Presidential Orders & Actions”, p.503, Madison & Adams Press

When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

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Cost, Slavery, Hours
Abraham Lincoln (2001). “Lincoln's Words: Sentiments from the 16th President of the United States”

What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

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Liberty, Slavery, Prosperity
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Paul M. Angle (1958). “The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858”, p.391, University of Chicago Press