OCT 7

OCT 7
Anndee
on October 7, 2025
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: October 7, 1868 Republicans denounce Democratic Party’s national campaign theme: “This is a white man’s country: Let white men rule” https://blackhistory.harpweek.com/7illustrations/reconstruction/thisisawhitemansgov.htm
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    Unreconstructed
    Abraham Lincoln said the following on September 18, 1858 in a speech in Charleston, Illinois: "I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been , in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races [applause]: that I am not, nor ever have been, in ... View More
    • October 7, 2025
    Unreconstructed
    Abraham Lincoln--- "Negro equality, Fudge!! How long in the Government of a God great enough to make and maintain this Universe, shall there continue to be knaves to vend and fools to gulp, so low a piece of demagoguism as this?"
    • October 7, 2025
    Unreconstructed
    Lincoln supported his home state's law, passed in 1853, forbidding blacks to move to Illinois. The Illinois state constitution, adopted in 1848, called for laws to "effectually prohibit free persons of color from immigrating to and settling in this state."
    • October 7, 2025