On the recordApril 18, 1864
Hence we behold the process by which thousands are daily passing from under the yoke of bondage hailed by some as the advance of liberty, and bewailed by others as the destruction of all liberty.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Hence we behold the process by which thousands are daily passing from under the yoke of bondage hailed by some as the…”
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Speaking at a Sanitary Fair, Lincoln observes how the emancipation of enslaved people is viewed as both the advance and destruction of liberty by different factions.
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