The opening paragraph of Lincoln's speech 4th Lincoln-Douglass debate is stunning. I'd never read it before:
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Lincoln: While [we] do remain together there must be a position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
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I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything. I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife.
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These quotes are cited often by confederacy defenders. It’s more than accurate to say that Lincoln changed his opinion vastly in the years to come
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