On the recordOctober 16, 1854
My own feelings will not admit of this, and if mine would, we well know that those of the great mass of whites will not.
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During his Peoria speech, Lincoln candidly expresses his personal reservations about immediate racial equality and acknowledges the prevailing sentiments of the white population.
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