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How Did Abraham Lincoln Be Abolished
In 1858 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas ran against each other for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Lincoln was a self-educated man who had been elected to one term in Congress. Douglas was a well-known two-term Senator. They were both engaged in a series of debates on the issue of slavery. Douglas believed in popular sovereignty, and that the Black race was inferior to the White race, but on the other hand Lincoln believed that slavery was immoral and that slavery would not be abolished unless with an amendment from the Congress. Lincoln believed that slavery was insufferable and intolerable, and that Blacks should have their natural rights like the Whites and suggested to relocate the Black in order to gain their freedom. …show more content…
The Negroes were strung toghether precisely like so many fish upon a trotline. In this condition they were being separated forever from the scenes of their childhood, their friends, their fathers …….. and going into perpetual slavery.” By saying this Lincoln is admitting and acknowledging that slavery should be abolished, because of its dreadful and insufferable conditions, it degrades the Black race to be less than even animals in treatment perhaps the animals would be treated better than the Blacks. Lincoln also believed that Black people has the right to live and to practice their daily life the same way the White people do because they were given those rights by God and the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln defended the Black people’s side in his series of debated against Douglas when he said “There is no reason in the world why the Negro is not entitled to all natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to live, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This clearly proves that Lincoln agreed that Black

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