On the recordJuly 1, 1854
You mean the whites are intellectually the superiors of the blacks, and therefore have the right to enslave them?
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “You mean the whites are intellectually the superiors of the blacks, and therefore have the right to enslave them?”
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As part of his critique of slavery's justifications, Lincoln questions whether intellectual superiority grants the right to enslave.
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