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To: manc
Lincoln himself voted to keep blacks out of IL.

Not actually true.

100 posted on 08/30/2012 4:53:15 PM PDT by x
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To: x

Lincoln supported his home state’s law, passed in 1853, forbidding blacks to move to Illinois. The Illinois state constitution, adopted in 1848, called for laws to “effectually prohibit free persons of color from immigrating to and settling in this state.”

To be exact


104 posted on 08/30/2012 5:01:56 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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