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" I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is... "
Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) - Page 128
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Nation of Nations: A Narrative History of the American Republic, Volume 1

James West Davidson - United States - 1998 - 732 pages
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Lincoln Before Washington: New Perspectives on the Illinois Years

Douglas L. Wilson - Illinois - 1997 - 216 pages
...although he managed to end on a strongly positive note: "I agree with Judge Douglas he [the Negro] is not my equal in many respects — certainly not...endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of fudge Douglas, and...
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Illinois Historical Journal, Volumes 79-80

Illinois - 1986 - 624 pages
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Debates of Lincoln and Douglas: Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham ...

Digital Scanning Inc - History - 1998 - 276 pages
...negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence-the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color-perhaps not in intellectual and moral...
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Debates of Lincoln & Douglas: Carefully Prepared by the Reporters of Each ...

Digital Scanning Inc - History - 1998 - 268 pages
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Abraham Lincoln: A Constitutional Biography

George Anastaplo - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 392 pages
...Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [Loud cheers.] I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the...endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and...
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Race and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective

Georgia Anne Persons - Social Science - 334 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral and intellectual endowment; but in the right to eat the bread without leave of anybody else which his...
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African Americans in the Reconstruction Era

Chunchang Gao - African Americans - 2000 - 340 pages
...entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence. the right to life. libem. and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man in the right to eat the bread. without the leave of anybody else which his own hands earns. he is my...
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Voices from the Gathering Storm: The Coming of the American Civil War

Glenn M. Linden - United States - 2001 - 280 pages
...Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (Loud cheers.) I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the...endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and...
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Historical Thinking

Sam Wineburg - Education - 2001 - 278 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...these as the White man. I agree with Judge Douglas [that the Negro] is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral...
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