Abraham Lincoln actually said...

It is believed that so far as American ports and American citizens are concerned that inhuman and odious traffic has been brought to an end.

so far as it relates to State governments, has no reference to States wherein loyal State governments have all the while been maintained.

I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of...

Congress, on my recommendation, passed a resolution, approved 7th February, 1863, tendering its thanks to Commander D. D. Porter for the bra...