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“One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not…” quote by Abraham Lincoln
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“One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.”

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