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To: wideawake
Lincoln's thinking on race changed significantly from 1847, when he defended a slaveowner's property rights in an Illinois court...

If defending a slaveowner in court means that you support slavery then does defending a murderer in court mean that you support murder?

33 posted on 07/22/2015 8:59:22 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
If defending a slaveowner in court means that you support slavery then does defending a murderer in court mean that you support murder?

It wasn't a criminal case.

44 posted on 07/22/2015 9:09:54 AM PDT by wideawake
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