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Dred Scott Decision
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Speech at Peoria by Abraham Lincoln 1854
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Two (Freeport); Douglas's Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Seven (Alton); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Three (Jonesboro); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Six (Quincy); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Five (Galesburg); Douglas Opening Remarks
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Speech at Chicago by Stephen Douglas
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Rand Paul's Response to Obama's State of the Union
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates Four (Charleston); Douglas Opening Remarks
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First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
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Missouri Compromise
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate One (Ottawa); Stephen Douglas Opening Remarks
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Inaugural Address by James Knox Polk
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A House Divided by Abraham Lincoln
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Nikki Haley Gives Speech on the State of South Carolina
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate One (Ottawa); Lincoln Opening Remarks
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Two (Freeport); Lincoln Rebuttal
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Farewell Address by Jefferson Davis
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On the Irrepressible Conflict by William Henry Seward
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