10 16 1854
Anti-Slavery Coaltion
Lincoln condemns the Kansas Nebraska Act and argues against the expansion of slavery
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Lincoln condemns the Kansas Nebraska Act and argues against the expansion of slavery
Lincoln attacks the Kansas Nebraska Act and the spread of slavery in his Peoria speech
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