I believe it is the freedom of speech and press. Without these two things information and crimes of government can't be fought and given.
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called for the ending of the slave trade in 1808.
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Some people did not appreciate Abraham Lincoln's choice to end slavery. Most of these people wanted to kill him, resulting in his assassination in 1865. Many historians feel his suspension of the Constitutional right of habeas corpeus during the Civil War was illegal and amoral.
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free and fair elections