Lincoln Abolishes Slavery with the 13th Amendment | Abraham Lincoln | History

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EDNA GREEN MEDFORD: Lincoln believed that the founding fathers had meant for slavery to end, but that they didn't believe that they could just end it overnight. That it was like a cancer, so widespread you might not be able to cut it out without damaging the patient, but you can find ways to contain it. But by this time, he's not asking for the con... Read More