"Our One Common Country" author talk in Stratford, CT

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(08-22-2014 07:28 AM)Wild Bill Wrote:  Thanks Roger. I knew I had read something about Mary being the real antislaverite in the Lincoln family years ago. I never could find it again until now.

Given Mrs. Lincoln's close ties with Henry Clay from her childhood, it makes sense that she would share his emancipation views - even though both came from slaveholding backgrounds.