In two of the five states - New Jersey and North Carolina - that then gave the free negro the right of voting, the right has since been taken away. (Abraham Lincoln)

In two of the five states - New Jersey and North Carolina - that then gave the free negro the right of voting, the right has since been taken away.

Abraham Lincoln

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