Abraham Lincoln — "You and we are different races. We have between us a broader difference than exi…"

You and we are different races. We have between us a broader difference than exists between almost any other two races. Whether it is right or wrong I need not discuss, but this physical difference is a great disadvantage to us both, as I think your race suffer very greatly, many of them by living among us, while ours suffer from your presence. In a word, we both suffer. This physical difference between us is a great disadvantage to us both, as I think your race suffer very greatly, many of them by living among us, while ours suffer from your presence. In a word, we both suffer.
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Address on Colonization to a Deputation of Negroes

Date: 1862

Social & Racial
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