The American Civil War Part 1 1861 - 1865

Abe Lincoln in that 1858 speech quoted , made a similar argument when he said : " there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness " 1858 After reading the 1858 speech I wasn't aware the Declaration of Independence also is a Law ? If Bill of Rights didn't apply to States why was slavery in Washington D.C. ? The right to own a slave person , was made up.

When that was put in the Declaration it didnt include blacks. People seem to forget that not only were many of our founding fathers slave owners but that at that time there was almost no notion anywhere that blacks were even human. They were enslaved in England and other parts of Europe, here in America and long before Europe and America in their native Africa. Africans had been enslaving Africans long before white men landed here. They created the market for the slave trade.

Well thats off topic we were talking about Lincoln. However where is there any wording that even hints to people of that day believing blacks are even human? There arent in the Declaration or the Constitution back then. There was little or no notion they were even people.

Was the right to own slaves in the U.S. made up ? There is nothing that I can find holding the original Bill if Rights that allows someone to own another person. On Ebay I bought a replica of the Original United States Bill of Rights and Constitution dated 1789 it says in:

" Article the seventh [5th Amendment]
No person shall be... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;.. "

The Bill of Rights does not say anything about the right to own slave persons.

Hmm I got mine off of his 1861 inaugural address. When people actually cared at all about what he was going to do with slavery because only then was he in a position to do anything at all about it. By that I mean maybe try and push for the complete abolition of it. Of course he didnt which is very strange. Why didnt he push for such legislation in 61 or 62? Lincoln did make a pretty pro-slavery and anti-black speech in 1858 though.