On the recordSeptember 16, 1859
It is, as a principle, no other than that if one man chooses to make a slave of another man, neither that other man nor anybody else has a right to object.
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In a speech in Columbus, Ohio, Lincoln critically defines Judge Douglas's popular sovereignty as a principle that permits one person to enslave another without objection.
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