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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln
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Letter to James C. Conkling by Abraham Lincoln
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The Final Public Address by Abraham Lincoln
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Speech at Peoria by Abraham Lincoln 1854
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Final Proclamation of Jefferson Davis
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Letter to Jefferson Davis
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Remarks and Draft Resolution introduced in the United States House of Representatives Concerning Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia
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The Way to Assure an Enduring Peace Not Through Perfidy and Vengeance, but through Justice and Love by Gerrit Smith.
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The District of Columbia Emancipation Act
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What the Black Man Wants by Frederick Douglas
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Address at Cooper Institute by Abraham Lincoln
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Inaugural Address by Benjamin Harrison
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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“Why Should a Colored Man Enlist?” by Frederick Douglass
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate One (Ottawa); Lincoln Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Seven (Alton); Lincoln Opening Remarks
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The Right to Criticize American Institutions by Frederick Douglass
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Six (Quincy); Lincoln Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Five (Galesburg); Lincoln Opening Remarks
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