Created Equal?: The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 |
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... citizenship , and opposed to the Dred Scott decision , because it declares that a negro is not a citizen , and hence is not entitled to vote . Here I have a direct issue with Mr. Lincoln . I am not in favor of negro citizen- ship ...
... citizenship , and opposed to the Dred Scott decision , because it declares that a negro is not a citizen , and hence is not entitled to vote . Here I have a direct issue with Mr. Lincoln . I am not in favor of negro citizen- ship ...
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... citizenship . I want to know whether he is for or against negro citizenship ? He declared his utter opposition to the Dred Scott decision , and advanced as a reason that the court had decided that it was not possible for a negro to be a ...
... citizenship . I want to know whether he is for or against negro citizenship ? He declared his utter opposition to the Dred Scott decision , and advanced as a reason that the court had decided that it was not possible for a negro to be a ...
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... citizen , and the Judge is always wrong when he says I ever did so complain of it . I have the speech here , and I will thank him or any of his friends to show where I said that a negro should be a citizen , and complained especially of ...
... citizen , and the Judge is always wrong when he says I ever did so complain of it . I have the speech here , and I will thank him or any of his friends to show where I said that a negro should be a citizen , and complained especially of ...
Contents
THE CAMPAIGN OPENS | 1 |
THE SPINGFIELD SPEECHES | 43 |
TAKING THE STUMP | 83 |
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