...white and black races," Lincoln asserted, "which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality....having the superior position assigned to the white race."121 Lincoln could no more deny this racial divide than he could negate natural law. So compelling...

...jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people. ... And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do...the superior position assigned to the white race.'" For the first time in minutes, the room was silent. Several students looked to Lorraine to respond,...

...forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And in as much as they cannot so live, while they do remain together...having the superior position assigned to the white race.105 Had Huxley and Lincoln been born and educated in our time, they would have been the first...

...most troubling efforts to deflect the Douglas attack, he conceded the merits of white superiority: "I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."55 For remarks like that, Lincoln has been justly criticized as racist or worse. He wanted to...

...the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And insomuch as they cannot live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and as much as any man I am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."33 This...

...The two men faced each other across the expanse of carpet and animosity. After a moment, Tokus spoke. "While they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior," Tokus recited to a stunned Way Jalon. "And I am in favor of having the superior position assigned to...

...intermarry with white people And inasmuch as they cannot so live [in social and political equality], while they do remain together, there must be the position of superior and inferior, I am as much as any other man in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.19...

...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 population to counter the Confederates' recruitment of blacks. In 1862 Douglass...

...ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And insasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together...the superior position assigned to the white race. 2 7. Ibid., pp. 255-56. « « There were, however, limits to how much superiority whites should have....

...together upon the footing of perfect equality." So long as both races remained in the United States, "there must be the position of superior and inferior,...the superior position assigned to the white race." In 1848 Lincoln's home state of Illinois banned black migration. Indiana, Iowa, and Oregon quickly...