Slavery and Homosexuality: A Look at Lincoln’s Cooper Union Speech
Posted by Tyler O'Neil on October 24, 2011 · 6 Comments
“Holding, as they do, that slavery is morally right, and socially elevating, they cannot cease to demand a full recognition of it, as a legal right and a social blessing.” In his speech at the Cooper Institute in New York City in February, 1860, Abraham Lincoln laid out the crux of the sectional crisis. Dr. … Read more
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