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They called Abraham Lincoln, in this campaign,
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"Abe the widow maker."
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They were already waving the bloody shirt
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that would become so ubiquitous in the wake of the war,
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blaming Lincoln for all the death.
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They also referred to him as "Abe the nigger lover."
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And the Democratic papers produced cartoons,
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famous cartoons--
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I wish I had an example of one today--
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of what they called miscegenation balls;
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these were dances and balls where
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whites and blacks all came together,