Essentially what Lincoln said is slavery is a form of theft, the theft of labor, one person stealing another person's labor without that person's permission. (Eric Foner)

Essentially what Lincoln said is slavery is a form of theft, the theft of labor, one person stealing another person's labor without that person's permission.

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