During the time of the election of Abraham Lincoln, he said some comments in his speeches and letters that showed he was a racist. Although some say that he did free the slaves, he still thought that whites were higher and above blacks . In response to Stephen A. Douglas argument in the Lincoln-Douglas debate, Lincoln said, “I…am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.” In this direct quote from Lincoln, he expresses his thoughts on where he stood with blacks, which he claimed that he was higher than them. If he wasn’t a racist he would have claimed that he stood in the same spot with them. However, even though Lincoln did end up freeing the slaves, he didn’t take the initiative to fully free them. An ex slave,
