On the recordSeptember 17, 1859
If there was a necessary conflict between the white man and the negro, I should be for the white man as much as Judge Douglas; but I say there is no such necessary conflict.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “If there was a necessary conflict between the white man and the negro, I should be for the white man as much as Judge…”
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In a speech to Kentuckians, Lincoln refutes the idea that white and Black people are inherently in conflict, asserting his belief in racial harmony.
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