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BUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, THAT
WAS A REALLY FRINGE MARGINAL POSITION.
>> UNTIL LINCOLN’S ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 6th, 1860.
>> HIS ELECTION IS AN EARTHQUAKE.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE STRONG SIGNS THAT LINCOLN WAS GOING
WIN, IT WAS STILL SHOCKING WHEN HE DID WIN.
IN THE SOUTH, IT’S A CATASTROPHE.
>> EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A HARD‐CORE ABOLITIONIST, THE NEAR
MACK OF LINCOLN’S ELECTION THE THREAT OF THIS NEW PARTY UNITED
IN OPPOSITION TO THE EXPANSION OF SLAVERY IS THREATENING ENOUGH
THAT IT SPURRED SUCCESSION
WAS A REALLY FRINGE MARGINAL POSITION.
>> UNTIL LINCOLN’S ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 6th, 1860.
>> HIS ELECTION IS AN EARTHQUAKE.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE STRONG SIGNS THAT LINCOLN WAS GOING
WIN, IT WAS STILL SHOCKING WHEN HE DID WIN.
IN THE SOUTH, IT’S A CATASTROPHE.
>> EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A HARD‐CORE ABOLITIONIST, THE NEAR
MACK OF LINCOLN’S ELECTION THE THREAT OF THIS NEW PARTY UNITED
IN OPPOSITION TO THE EXPANSION OF SLAVERY IS THREATENING ENOUGH
THAT IT SPURRED SUCCESSION
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BUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, THAT
WAS A REALLY FRINGE MARGINAL
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POSITION.
>> UNTIL LINCOLN’S ELECTION ON
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NOVEMBER 6th, 1860.
>> HIS ELECTION IS AN
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EARTHQUAKE.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE STRONG
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SIGNS THAT LINCOLN WAS GOING
WIN, IT WAS STILL SHOCKING WHEN
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HE DID WIN.
IN THE SOUTH, IT’S A
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CATASTROPHE.
>> EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A
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HARD‐CORE ABOLITIONIST, THE NEAR
MACK OF LINCOLN’S ELECTION THE
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THREAT OF THIS NEW PARTY UNITED
IN OPPOSITION TO THE EXPANSION
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OF SLAVERY IS THREATENING ENOUGH
THAT IT SPURRED SUCCESSION.
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Movie Summary
Lincoln: Divided We Stand is a six-part series that looks at the remarkable life and unexpected journey of Abraham Lincoln.