On the recordSeptember 17, 1859
I say, then, in the first place to the Kentuckians that I am what they call, as I understand it, a "Black Republican." I think slavery is wrong, morally and politically.
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Addressing Kentuckians, Lincoln defines himself as a "Black Republican" and unequivocally states his belief that slavery is morally and politically wrong.
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