An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.


Cooper Union speech (1860)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not distinctly and expressly affirmed in it.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not distinctly and expressly affirmed in it.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not distinctly and expressly affirmed in it.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not distinctly and expressly affirmed in it.