Abraham Lincoln Goes to New YorkStory of the country lawyer's first trip to sophisticated New York, and full text of famous Cooper Union speech he delivered there February 27, 1860. |
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... held that a slave was property and that he " had no rights which the white man was bound to respect . ” At the same time he branded the Negro as of an inferior class of humanity " altogether unfit to associate with the white race ...
... held that a slave was property and that he " had no rights which the white man was bound to respect . ” At the same time he branded the Negro as of an inferior class of humanity " altogether unfit to associate with the white race ...
Page 71
... held . His listeners apparently were fascinated , for McCormick said : " In a very short time his frank and sparkling conversa- tion won our hearts and made his plain face pleasant to us all . " With the afternoon on their hands , the ...
... held . His listeners apparently were fascinated , for McCormick said : " In a very short time his frank and sparkling conversa- tion won our hearts and made his plain face pleasant to us all . " With the afternoon on their hands , the ...
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... held another handshaking session , napped for two hours , held another reception , dined , and then drove to the Academy of Music on Four- teenth Street to see Verdi's opera The Masked Ball . The box he occupied was unmarked and when ...
... held another handshaking session , napped for two hours , held another reception , dined , and then drove to the Academy of Music on Four- teenth Street to see Verdi's opera The Masked Ball . The box he occupied was unmarked and when ...
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