On the recordFebruary 27, 1860
An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.
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In his Cooper Union Address, Lincoln argued that the Constitution does not distinctly or expressly affirm the right of property in a slave.
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