“One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.”
Abraham Lincoln
First Inaugural Address (Primary source)
Abraham Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural Address as the 16th president of the United States on March 4, 1861, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., at a moment when seven Southern states had already declared secession from the Union.
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