However, Lincoln portrayed as a man who, from early childhood, had but one goal, and that was to advocate on freeing the African-American slaves. ... Lincoln saw this idea of human equality or race-based as the greatest threat to preserving America's free institutions and allowing slavery to dominate the union. ... Proposed by Douglas and Lincoln's opponent in the influential of their debate, where the bill overturned the Missouri Compromise's use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory. ... Since the Founders could not free themselves and free their slav...

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