On the recordJune 26, 1857
It is grossly incorrect to say or assume that the public estimate of the negro is more favourable now than it was at the origin of the government.
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Lincoln directly challenges the assertion that public opinion regarding black people had improved since the nation's founding, arguing the opposite was true.
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