Abraham Lincoln A House Divided Analysis

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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it for themselves.”- Abraham Lincoln. Americans views on freedom are accorded to the text we read. The two unit texts in my essay are “A House Divided” and “Gettysburg Address” both by Abraham Lincoln. What happened was that the north didn't want slavery, but the south did. The South thought that slavery was okay so they didn’t have to do the hard work like plowing therefore the North thought that slavery was unfair. The civil war changed Americans and their ideas about freedom bringing a resolution to the question of slavery.

In “Gettysburg Address” Abraham Lincoln says “The founding fathers built the country with the idea that everyone was created equal, no matter the color of their skin, but

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