... the whites are intellectually the superior of the blacks, and, therefore have the right to enslave them? Take care again. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with an intellect superior to your own" (Gienapp, 42). These contradictions would be involved in Lincoln's evolving thoughts on how to come about stopping the expansion of ... the slavery in America as he thought them to be created equal, citing the Declaration of Independence, but thought it unrealistic as even opponents of slavery in the ... gain more acceptance for abolition because the main argument wa...

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