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Abraham Lincoln

"The Institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy"

1837
Illinois, U.S.

In 1837 Lincoln declared, "The Institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate its evils." He echoed Henry Clay's support for the American Colonization Society which advocated a program of abolition in conjunction with settling freed slaves in Liberia.


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