On the recordJuly 10, 1858
I protest, now and for ever, against that counterfeit logic which presumes that, because I do not want a negro woman for a slave, I do necessarily want her for a wife.
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Lincoln vehemently rejects a flawed argument that equates opposing slavery with advocating for racial intermarriage.
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