...knowing These words were not meant for African Americans, since Abraham Lincoln also once declared: "I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of ringing about in any way the social and political equality of white and black races I as much as any...

...freed slaves would return to Africa. 1n a speech made in 1858 Lincoln said: 1 will say then that 1 am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races — that 1 am not nor ever have...

...question was asked me, I thought I would occupy perhaps five minutes in saying something in regard to it. I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been...and political equality of the white and black races [applause] — that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor...

...Independence propositions of equality, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness when he declared, "I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been...and political equality of the white and black races. ... I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."22...

...to slavery's extension might be mistaken for a radical view favoring racial equality. He explained: "I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been...and political equality of the white and black races . . . and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and...

...question was asked me I thought 1 would occupy perhaps five minutes in saying something in regard to it. I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been,...and political equality of the white and black races, [applause] — that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor...

...juries, to marry whites, or to hold office, and he was committed to white supremacy. He even said: / am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races . . . there is a physical difference between the...

...producing a perfect equality between the negroes and white people." Lincoln then answered that question: "I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been...and political equality of the white and black races Iapplausel." He also said he opposed "making voters or jurors of negroes" or allowing intermarriage...

...seemed to voice the collective view of the group at a property owners' meeting when he proclaimed, "I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing...social and political equality of the white and black race." Ibid., 106-10, 119 (quotation), 120-22. in. For the quotation from Chicago Defender, see Tuttle,...

...it."73 During a debate with Stephen Douglas on September 18, 1858, Lincoln stated that he was never "in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races."74 He was opposed to ever making voters or jurors of black people or ever allowing them to hold...