... 19th century America, nearly any white person was a racist. Lincoln believed that whites were fundamentally superior to blacks and was opposed to them holding office, the right to vote, and the right to serve on a jury in the years before the Civil War. This is true because Lincoln himself supported a law in Illinois that forbade intermarriage relations between blacks and whites, stating in one ... , at least, quite skeptically. However, his decisions would not only be based on his stance on race, but also his political stance on the law which intertwined with his view on the institution ...

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