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" I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. "
Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War - Page 23
by Benson Bobrick - 2008 - 300 pages
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Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...that because the white man is to have the superior position, the negro should be denied everything. I do not understand that because I do not want a negro...for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife, My understanding is that I can just let her alone. I am now in my fiftieth year, and I certainly never...
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Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas ...

Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied every thing. I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave 1 must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone. I am now...
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The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hon ...

Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...that, because the white man is to have the superior position, the negro should be denied everything. I do not understand that, because I do not want a negro woman for'a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone....
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The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln: With a Portrait on ...

David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...position, the negro should be denied everything. I do not understand that because I do not want a nepro woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone. I am now in my fiftieth year, :md I certainly never...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that, because I do not want a black woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. I need not have her for either. I can just leave her alone. In some respects she certainly is not my...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Abott A. Abott - 1864 - 104 pages
...else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that, because I do not want a black woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. I need not .have her for either. I can just leave her alone. In some respects she certainly is not...
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Our Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln: Voices from the Pulpit of New York ...

George Bancroft - Rare books - 1865 - 436 pages
...that social amalgamation would follow the emancipation of the negro, he met by a rare stroke of wit. " I do not understand that because I do not want a negro...for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone. I am now in my fiftieth year, and I certainly never...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which conclndes that, because T Jo not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife. I need not have her for either. I can just leave her alone. In some respects, she certainly is not...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that, because I do not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife. I need not have her for either. I can just leave her alone. In some respects she certainly is not my...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that, because I do not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife. I need not have her for either. I can just leave her alone. In some respects she certainly is not my...
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