... debates to counter Douglas's argument that he was favoring the social equality of black people. "I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of white and black races and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black ... 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...

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