...difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality....the superior position assigned to the white race. (The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3 : 145-46) 37. That Lincoln could not, however, bring himself...

...difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality....the superior position assigned to the white race. (The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3 : 145-46) 37. That Lincoln could not, however, bring himself...

...difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality....the superior position assigned to the white race. (p. 35) Perhaps the greatest impact of omitting the presence of Africans and African Americans from...

...difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality....having the superior position assigned to the white race.9 Lincoln biographer David Herbert Donald argues that Lincoln's statement was made out of political...

...difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality; and inasmuch as they can not so live, while they do remain together, there must be the position of the inferior and the...

...difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality....the superior position assigned to the white race. (Abraham Lincoln, 1858)' Definitions of 'racism' 'Racism' has been defined in a number of different...

...difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality....position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."24 With the publication...

...intermarry with white people. . . . And inasmuch as they [the races] cannot so live [in equality], while they do remain together there must be the position...having the superior position assigned to the white race.12 It is clear that Lincoln held views that by any standard would be considered racist. This has...

...as favoring whites over blacks. "There must be," he said during his campaign for the Senate in 1858, "the position of superior and inferior, and I as much...the superior position assigned to the white race." Expressions such as these inspired increasing despair. To Southerners, Abraham Lincoln was the devil...

...difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality....the superior position assigned to the white race. ^ During this same speech, Lincoln referred to an Illinois state statute that forbade interracial marriage,...