... by 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 ... on his thoughts on how to approach compromising the institution of slavery. It started between 1828 and 1830 when he was traveling in New Orleans and gathered his own impressions about slavery; which led to the formation of his own opinion towards human bondage and confrontation ......

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