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Teddy Roosevelt: “This was the greatest blow struck for freedom and against slavery in all our history, save only Lincoln's emancipation…”

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This was the greatest blow struck for freedom and against slavery in all our history, save only Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, for it determined that in the final struggle the mighty West should side with the right against the wrong.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York
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Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt compares the ordinance's impact on slavery to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, highlighting its historical significance.

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