... the Constitution, which protected the institution of slavery in the states. As a result Lincoln opposed any further extension of slavery in new federal territories and thought that slavery would gradually go extinct arguing that it could artificially inflate the power of the Democratic Party. The three-fifths clause of the Constitution allowed five slaves to account for three persons for purposes ... over it, is as obnoxious as any other." In conclusion, there is a clear evolution of Lincoln's beliefs on the expansion of slavery. He started out thinking that slavery would go gradually e...

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