In some trifling particulars the condition of that race has been ameliorated; but as a whole, in this country, the change between then and now is decidedly the other way; and their ultimate destiny has never appeared so hopeless as in the last three or four years.
Speaking on the Dred Scott decision, Lincoln refutes the idea that the condition of black people had improved since the Revolution, arguing it had worsened.
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