One headstone says that Lincoln believed the system of slavery was founded on both injustice and bad policy.

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And on September twenty-second, eighteen sixty-two, he announced a new policy on slavery in the rebel southern states.

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Democrats said the policy was proof that anti-slavery extremists were in control of the government.

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This seminar will also bring together professionals working in the preservation and promotion of sites and places of memory related to slavery, decision makers involved in developing public policy on this issue and researchers, as well as specialists from Africa, Americas, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Europe.

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