“Freedom has given us the control of 200,000 able bodied men, born and raised on southern soil. It will give us more yet.”

—  Abraham Lincoln

1860s, Interview with Alexander W. Randall and Joseph T. Mills (1864)
Context: Freedom has given us the control of 200,000 able bodied men, born and raised on southern soil. It will give us more yet. Just so much it has subtracted from the strength of our enemies, and instead of alienating the south from us, there are evidences of a fraternal feeling growing up between our own and rebel soldiers. My enemies condemn my emancipation policy. Let them prove by the history of this war, that we can restore the Union without it.

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