杰斐逊当权期间，曾通过1803年购买路易斯安那州进一步拓展了奴隶制的存在范围：新大陆被分成13个州，包括3个实行奴隶制的州。
Once in office, Jefferson extended slavery with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803; the new land was carved into 13 states, including three slave states.
林肯随后为他有关美国不能再以一半是奴隶制一半是自由州的形式存在的声明辩护，他说，他的意思并不是说每个州的习俗或制度都必须一样。
Lincoln then defended his statement that the United States could not continue half slave and half free. He said he did not mean that customs or institutions must be the same in every state.
例如，在一个宣传人人生而平等，出生时即享有天赋的生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利的国度怎么还存在奴隶制。
For example, how could slavery exist in a nation whose people declared that "all men are created equal" and with a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
对种植园主来讲，任意奴役劳动力的时代过去了，但控制劳动力的愿望仍然强烈，而且奴隶制在生活中的影响实际上依然存在的。
It's gone forever for the slave owners to enslave at their will, yet the desires to control labor were still fierce with the practical influence of slavery lurking in reality.
1858年6月16日，亚伯拉罕·林肯在伊利诺斯州的参议员展开他的警告美国出价的存在分歧的问题，争论奴隶制必须被解决。
June 16th, 1858 in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln launches his us Senate bid with the warning about America's split over slavery, arguing the issue must be resolved.
1858年6月16日，亚伯拉罕·林肯在伊利诺斯州的参议员展开他的警告美国出价的存在分歧的问题，争论奴隶制必须被解决。
June 16th, 1858 in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln launches his us Senate bid with the warning about America's split over slavery, arguing the issue must be resolved.
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