“Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South.”

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About Abraham Lincoln

Sixteenth president of the United States during the Civil War, he led the nation through its most divisive conflict. His leadership and moral clarity in preserving the Union and abolishing slavery earned him enduring respect.

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