"I have no purpose, …to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. …I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
...Abe Lincoln. From his inaugural address.
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Can you believe the south seceded after he said that
there were more slaves in Illinois than in Alabama. You know, Illinois, land of Lincoln, northern state. Home to the ghetto of Chicago where more black kids die every day than anywhere else in the country.
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on the slave count, it was Maryland, not Illinois that had more slaves than Alabama. My mistake. Maryland, home to Baltimore which has almost as high a black murder rate is Chicago.
See, unlike you, I admit it when I err