Did Black lives matter to Abraham Lincoln? It's complicated

Historians routinely rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest American president. But as the US grapples with its legacy of racism, Lincoln’s complex views are coming under scrutiny.

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Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln: The Writer and Abolitionist Remembers the President in Library of Congress Primary Sources

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