Hue, IQ, and a Whole Lotta Dominance: Abraham Lincoln on Slavery
You say ‘A’ is white and ‘B’ is black. It is color, then: the lighter
having the right to enslave the darker? Take care. By this rule,
you are a slave to the first man you meet with a fairer skin than
your own.
You do not mean color exactly—You mean the whites are
intellectually the superiors of the blacks, and therefore have the
right to enslave them? Take care again: By this rule you are to be
a slave to the first man you meet with an intellect superior to your
own.
But you say it is a question of interest, and, if you can make it
your interest, you have the right to enslave another. Very well.
And if he can make it his interest, he has the right to enslave
you.
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