An interrelated issue that was linked to this issue was the issue of race. ... Now in order to understand Lincoln's opinion on how the issue of slavery should be dealt with while adhering to the Constitution, one must look at Lincoln's opinion of race. ... This is true because Lincoln himself supported a law in Illinois that forbade intermarriage relations between blacks and whites, stating in one the Lincoln-Douglas debates to counter Douglas's argument that he was favoring the social equality of black people. "I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of ...

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