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. Abraham Lincoln: A Character Sketch - Page 117by Robert Dickinson Sheppard - 1903 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...his hands towards the stars of that still night," he proclaimed, " in some things she is certainly not my equal, but in her natural right to eat the bread that she has earned with the sweat of her brow, she is my equal, and the equal of Judge Douglas, and... | |
| William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...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. I am now in my fiftieth year, and I certainly never... | |
| 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... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...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. I am now in my fiftieth year, and I certainly never... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...position, the negro should be denied every thing. 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. I am now in my fiftieth year, and I certainly never... | |
| Abott A. Abott - 1864 - 104 pages
...sleep, and marry with negroes ! He will have it that they cannot be consistent else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...equal ; but. in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands, without asking leave of any one else, she is my equal, and the equal... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...sleep, and marry with negroes ! He will have it that they can not be consistent else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands, without asking leave of any one else, she is my equal, and the equal... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 902 pages
...sleep, and marry with negroes ! He will have it that they can not be consistent else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands, without asking leave of any one else, she is my equal, and the equal... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...sleep, and marry with negroes ! He will have it that they can not be consistent else. Now, I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that,...equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands, without asking leave of any one else, she is my equal, and the equal... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...be consistent 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...equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands, without :isking leave of any one else, she is my equal, and the equal... | |
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