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How did Abraham
Lincoln's views
toward slavery
change over his
lifetime?

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Lincoln's changing views on slavery

Lincoln was morally opposed to slavery and politically opposed to any expansion of it. At issue was 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 presidency.

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