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Lincoln is remembered as the president who freed the African slave. But, he also saw to the transcontinental railroad, which was built on effectively imported Chinese slaves. Did anyone in his day catch the odd contradiction of this? Did he get criticized for freeing one group but not the other?

by /u/-Harboringonalament- in /r/AskHistorians

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