This government was instituted to secure the blessings of freedom, and…slavery is an unqualified evil to the negro, to the white man, to the soil, and to the State.
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Original Citation
Lincoln, Abraham. Speech in Illinois. 11 Sept. 1858, Edwardsville, IL, USA.
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Current Citation
Lincoln, Abraham. "From Portion of Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858." Lincoln's Selected Writings, edited by David S. Reynolds. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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