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Compensated Emancipation
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June 16, 2014 3:21 pm
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Abraham Lincoln & Freedom
Compensated Emancipation
Historian Olivier Frayssé noted Mr. Lincoln’s support for compensated emancipation dated to the 1840s. “Lincoln came down in favor if indemnifying the owner of a slave stolen by the English in 1814 and against the abolition of…”
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