Abraham Lincoln: “If, then, for a common object this property is to be sacrificed, is it…”

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If, then, for a common object this property is to be sacrificed, is it not just that it be done at a common charge?

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Republican · Illinois

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Lincoln argues for the fairness of compensating slave owners if their property is to be sacrificed for a common good.

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Abraham Lincoln: “If, then, for a common object this property is to be sacrificed, is it not just that it be done at a common charge?”