In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Slavery Freedom

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Second Annual Message to Congress

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Second Annual Message to Congress. 1 Dec. 1862, US Congress, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

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The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

Aristotle

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Author

Aristotle
Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 6.

Current Citation

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Another quote from 1862

The destiny of the colored American…is the destiny of America.

Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Douglass, Frederick. "The Future of the Negro People of the Slave States." Emancipation League meeting. 12 Feb. 1862, Tremont Temple, Boston, MA, USA.

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The ground which a colored man occupies in this country is, every inch of it, sternly disputed.

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Frederick Douglass
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
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Time
1853 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. Speech in New York City. American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society annual meeting. 11 May 1853, New York City, NY, USA.

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Douglass, Frederick. "A Nation in the Midst of a Nation (1853)." The Speeches of Frederick Douglass, edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband and Heather L. Kaufman. Yale University Press, 2018.