Which statement best describes Lincoln’s position on the slavery issue in the 1850s?

Lincoln opposed allowing slavery to expand into the western territories, but he did not call for immediately ending it where it already existed. His position was therefore different from that of committed abolitionists, who sought to end slavery throughout the country. Choice D, opposing slavery’s spread while tolerating it where it already existed, best describes his position in the 1850s.

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