... . An interrelated issue that was linked to this issue was the issue of race. Examining Lincoln's attitude toward slavery also opens up political and cultural contentions at large in the American nation. Abraham Lincoln is often referred to as the Great Emancipator, yet, he did not publicly call for ... exact equality and the disadvantage is against us the whole chapter through" (Peoria Speech, 1854). There is a consistency here with that stance as Lincoln also argued that expanding slavery would expanding intermingling with whites and blacks and by limiting its expansion, it would leave ...

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