Abraham Lincoln's Peoria Speech Analysis
QUESTION3 Abraham Lincoln is known as America’s hero because of a marvelous impact such as emancipation of slaves in the America. However, Abraham Lincoln’s views towards institution of slavery and notion of equality have been greatly debated over the years. As stated in the portion of Lincoln’s Peoria Speech, Lincoln seemed disliking slavery and wanted to abolish it, because slavery discredited the whole foundation of the United States and this country was supposed to be built on the ideal of freedom. In his speech, Lincoln stated that having slavery makes the United States hypocritical. In Lincoln’s view, slavery was an invitation for our enemies to mock Americans. He also thought that slavery took away from the credibility of the United