On the recordJuly 10, 1858
If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.”
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In a speech on the morality of slavery, Lincoln advocated for preventing the expansion of involuntary servitude, even if universal freedom was not immediately attainable.
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