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Abraham Lincoln: “If any good reason exists why we should persevere longer in withholding our recognition of the independence and…”

On the recordDecember 2, 1861
If any good reason exists why we should persevere longer in withholding our recognition of the independence and sovereignty of Hayti and Liberia, I am unable to discern it.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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