On the recordSeptember 18, 1858
If Kansas should sink to-day, and leave a great vacant space in the earth's surface, this vexed question would still be among us.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “If Kansas should sink to-day, and leave a great vacant space in the earth's surface, this vexed question would still be…”
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In a debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln emphasizes the inescapable and fundamental nature of the slavery question, regardless of specific territorial disputes.
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