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Conflicts over Owen Lovejoy
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Abraham Lincoln & Friends
Conflicts over Owen Lovejoy
An important cause of conflict among Mr. Lincoln’s friends in 1856 and 1858 was the Republican candidacy for Congress of Owen Lovejoy. Lovejoy was an avowed and impassioned abolitionist – while many of the friends of Mr. Lincoln were…”
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