In the late 1850s, Abraham Lincoln argued that slavery should be
A) protected in the slave states and in all territories
B) allowed to continue in the slave states, but prohibited in all territories
C) gradually abolished everywhere, with a definite timetable and compensation for the owners
D) regarded as a necessary evil in the West
Ans: B) allowed to continue in the slave states, but prohibited in all territories
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