claim: "a lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. it came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith."
author: jim demint
evidence_1: apr 11, 2014 ... “the move to free the slaves came from the people, it did not come from ... a  growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith, ...
evidence_2: apr 15, 2014 ... "but a lot of the move to free the slaves came from the people, it did not come  from the federal government," demint said. "it came from a growing movement  among the people, particularly people of faith, that this was wrong... so no liberal  is going to win a debate that big government freed the slaves.".
evidence_3: the racial and ethnic makeup of the american people is in flux. ... ancestry are  likely to reshape racial and ethnic boundaries in the coming decades. .... slaves  were counted as only three-fifths of free persons, while “indians not taxed” ... the  1965 voting rights act gave the federal government the right to review electoral  ...
evidence_4: a group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong, whether ....  man is man because he is free to operate within the framework of his destiny. .....  from the federal government is not confined to one particular political party. ......  but in moving from some egypt of slavery, whether in the intellectual, cultural or ...
evidence_5: 13 not all of lincoln's legal work, however, favored free slaves. ..... abolitionists  were particularly unpopular in illinois, and lincoln believed .... of the national  government by slaveowners would lead to slavery's extension in the country. .... a  stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back  into ...