...most troubling efforts to deflect the Douglas attack, he conceded the merits of white superiority: "I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."55 For remarks like that, Lincoln has been justly criticized as racist or worse. He wanted to...

...there must be the position of superior and inferior," Tokus recited to a stunned Way Jalon. "And I am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race." Tokus paused to look Way in the eye. "Abraham Lincoln. You found an old racist to sing your theme song,...

...they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and as much as any man I am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."33 This speech was made in proslavery southern Illinois, but that same year Lincoln also gave...

...favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races-that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters...the superior position assigned to the white race." Abraham Lincoln, 1858 population to counter the Confederates' recruitment of blacks. In 1862 Douglass...

...ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And insasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together...the superior position assigned to the white race. 2 7. Ibid., pp. 255-56. « « There were, however, limits to how much superiority whites should have....

...together upon the footing of perfect equality." So long as both races remained in the United States, "there must be the position of superior and inferior,...the superior position assigned to the white race." In 1848 Lincoln's home state of Illinois banned black migration. Indiana, Iowa, and Oregon quickly...

...196 !5. Nigger vs. Nigga 212 Epilogue 235 Notes 243 Selected Bibliography 258 Index 263 Introduction I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. — Abraham Lincoln, 1858 The white man was wrong, I was not a primitive, not even a half.man. I belonged...

...favor of bringing about in any way, the social and political equality of the white and black races.... I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to O the white race. —Abraham Lincoln ne Halloween, living in the South End of Boston at the mid-stage...

...belief in racial equality: I will say then that I am not, nor have ever been in favor of, bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the...the superior position assigned to the white race. The contrast between the abolitionist movement and Lincoln's Republican candidacy for the Senate in...

...that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social...the superior position assigned to the white race. ... 7 will add to this that I have never seen to my knowledge a man, woman or child who was in favor...