Ocupation: 6th U.S. President
Life: July 11, 1767 - February 28, 1848
Birthday: July 11
Death: February 28
Slavery is the great and foul stain upon the North American Union... A dissolution, at least temporary, of the Union, as now constituted, would now be certainly necessary... The Union might then be reorganized on the fundamental principle of emancipation.
topic: Principles, Fundamentals, Slavery