On the recordOctober 16, 1854
Let us turn slavery from its claims of moral right, back upon its existing legal rights and its arguments of necessity.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Let us turn slavery from its claims of moral right, back upon its existing legal rights and its arguments of necessity.”
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In his Peoria speech, Lincoln argued for confining slavery to its legal and historical bounds, rejecting any claims of its moral justification.
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