Lincoln, Slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska Act

I mentioned in class today that the common law tradition radically unites property and personal liberty (and has a weak conception of the common good). To illustrate the power of the liberty point; and that American slavery exposed American claims of liberty as hypocritical here are two passages from Abraham Lincoln in the book I am reading at the moment:The Fiery Trial - Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner.

Torts Today: Lincoln, Slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

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