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What was Lincoln’s position on slavery and its spread?
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What was Lincoln’s position on slavery and its spread?

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He was opposed to slavery
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Lincoln was morally opposed to slavery and politically opposed to any expansion of it. At issue was an extension into the western territories. On October 16, 1854, in his "Peoria Speech", Lincoln declared his opposition to slavery, which he repeated in his route to the presidency.

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