On the recordSeptember 17, 1859
They say there are but two ways,--one is to hire men and to allure them to labour by their consent; the other is to buy the men, and drive them to it, and that is slavery.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “They say there are but two ways,--one is to hire men and to allure them to labour by their consent; the other is to buy…”
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In a speech discussing the economic arguments for slavery, Lincoln outlines the fundamental difference between free labor and enslaved labor.
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