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its spread to the new territories in the West. But he foresaw its eventual abolition: #12 "let it [abolition] be as nearly reached as we can" (p. 39).

He favored returning freed slaves to Africa, but admitted to practical difficulties, including the lack of interest of most slaves in that solution. His views on the immediacy of abolition changed during the war. He justified the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1963 o

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