Speech Against Slavery

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Against slavery
In the three speeches, No Compromise with the Evil Slavery, “The ‘Mudsill Theory”, and Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided”; they all compare one thing, slavery. But there several different point of views about slavery. In, No Compromise with the Evil Slavery, the speech states, “Why aren’t slaves treated as equal?”. They are three evidences that why it states it. The first evidence is, “If the slaves are not men; if they do not process human instincts, passions, faculties, and powers.”. The second evidence is, “If they are to run the same career of immortality with ourselves…”. The last evidence is, “If Jesus included them among those for whom he laid down his life…”. This all states that, slaves should be treated as equal.

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