Deep Background Presents: The Broken Constitution Ep.3
Deep Background with Noah Feldman
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I Forbear Because I Do Not Believe It Would Help to Save the Union
Lincoln did not want to base emancipation on the immorality of slavery, he said. The only place where Lincoln hinted at some potential moral purpose was in its final paragraph. Karl mark derided the language of the proclamation as devoid of morality. He said it had been intentionally drafted to sound like an ordinary summons sent by one lawyer to another.
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