Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery and its abolition
were clearly expressed in speeches and action throughout his political
career. This online exhibition, based on a document booklet of the
same title produced in partnership with President Lincoln's Cottage
at the Soldiers' Home in Washington DC (www.lincolncottage.org)
traces his evolution from antislavery advocate to emancipator through
speeches, letters, and acts from the speech at Peoria in 1854 to his
second inaugural address in 1865.
Lithograph of the Emancipation Proclamation, designed by a 14-year-old
Californian and signed by Abraham Lincoln (GLC 00742)
