Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.

GLC06214.02

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GLC#
GLC06214.02-View header record
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
17 July 1858
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.
Place Written
Springfield, Illinois
Pagination
8 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 15.8 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson Lincoln

Discusses the disadvantages faced by the Republican Party in the upcoming election. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality, expressing his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to nationalize slavery and strip whites as well as blacks of their civil rights. States that the Kansas-Nebraska bill was the beginning of this. Urges that slavery be placed on the course of "ultimate extinction." Attacks Stephen Douglas and defends himself by stating that he supports the principles of equality put forth in the Declaration of Independence. This speech preceded his debates with Douglas. Cut close to the text at bottom of pages.

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