... (Gienapp, 57). This shows that he indeed belonged with any other white man in 19th century society that was just how America functioned at the time. Some of the harshest criticism of Lincoln comes from his use of the word "nigger" which is used as additional evidence of his ... least one of Lincoln's speeches is replete with the word "nigger" to which his constituents would not find that offensive in that period of time. However this idea can be contradicted by his stance that slavery was a morally wrong institution stating "You do not mean color exactly? &ndash ... compensated for ridin...

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