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Abolitionists, from the beginning, defended free speech as a basic right, if only because their speech came under the worst attacks.
Abraham Lincoln provides an instructive example of the pardon power, why Presidents have it, and how to use it – or not – in select cases.
Unable to defend slavery, its practitioners elected to suppress all talk about it – leaving Abraham Lincoln an opening to shame them.
Half of Americans hated Abraham Lincoln in life, and not everyone mourned his assassination - at first. Later, they did.
Children need a fresh appreciation for President Abraham Lincoln and his leadership during the War Between the States.
