How Did Abraham Lincoln Be Abolished

In 1858 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas ran against each other for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Lincoln was a self-educated man who had been elected to one term in Congress. Douglas was a well-known two-term Senator. They were both engaged in a series of debates on the issue of slavery. Douglas believed in popular sovereignty, and that the Black race was inferior to the White race, but on the other hand Lincoln believed that slavery was immoral and that slavery would not be abolished unless with an amendment from the Congress. Lincoln believed that slavery was insufferable and intolerable, and that Blacks should have their natural rights like the Whites and suggested to relocate the Black in order to gain their freedom.
Abraham Lincoln tried to help slaves to gain their freedom in every way possible, he believed that slavery was against humanity, immoral and unbearable, and that the conditions the slaves were put under were very harsh “They were chained six and six together…..
The Negroes were strung toghether precisely like so many fish upon a trotline. In this condition they were being separated forever from the scenes of their childhood, their friends, their fathers …….. and going into perpetual slavery.” By saying this Lincoln is admitting and acknowledging that slavery should be abolished, because of its dreadful and insufferable conditions, it degrades the Black race to be less than even animals in treatment perhaps the animals would be treated better than the Blacks. Lincoln also believed that Black people has the right to live and to practice their daily life the same way the White people do because they were given those rights by God and the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln defended the Black people’s side in his series of debated against Douglas when he said “There is no reason in the world why the Negro is not entitled to all natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to live, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This clearly proves that Lincoln agreed that Black
people should be given the same rights as the Whites and that they should have their freedom and the opportunity to work and earn his food and to pusue happiness. In an attempt to help the Blacks gain their rights and their freedom Lincoln suggested that they be relocated because many of them had been in slavery for years so it would be hard to just free them physically while their minds are still enslaved. “If we deal with those who are not free at the beginning, and those whose intellects are clouded by slavery, we have poor material to start with. If colored men would move in this matter, much might be accomplished.” But by colonizing and relocating them Lincoln supposed that they would be qualified to gain their independence later on. Abraham Lincoln opposed slavery and believed that Blacks should have the same natural rights given by God and the Declaration of Independence to the Whites. He also believd that slavery was immoral and should be abolished and that could be done by relocating the Blacks so they can gain their freedom and solve the issue of slavery. Lincoln tried to help the Blacks gain their freedom when he could, he issued the Emancipation proclamation which declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states against the Union are, and henceforward shall be free. Perhaps Lincoln could have done more to help abolish slavery completely at that time period however what he did helped to abolish slavery completely later on.