Lincoln believed that whites were fundamentally superior to blacks and was opposed to them holding office, the right to vote, and the right to serve on a jury in the years before the Civil War. ... These contradictions would be involved in Lincoln's evolving thoughts on how to come about stopping the expansion of the slavery in America as he thought them to be created equal, citing the Declaration of Independence, but thought it unrealistic as even opponents of slavery in the North were absolutely opposed to a full integration of freed slaves, or viewed integration, at least, quite skepti...

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