Abraham Lincoln's ultimate sacrifice

Doesn’t detract from the accomplishment of emancipation. Nor victory over sedition. Political
Speeches must be taken in Context of the times and the audience. When and where did he say this? Do you know?

The fact is, Lincoln said almost nothing about race. He was not that interested in race…Race was not a major intellectual construct for Lincoln…And the 1858 speech was purely defensive. That doesn’t excuse it, but he was being attacked in those debates as believing in negro equality. A product of the time.