On the recordAugust 24, 1855
When the Know-nothings get control, it will read, all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and Catholics.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “When the Know-nothings get control, it will read, all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and Catholics.”
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In a letter to a close friend, Lincoln expresses his fear that the nativist Know-Nothing party would undermine the principle of equality.
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