The correct answer is A) We cannot recognize slavery as evil and at the same time allow it to spread.
The statement that best represents Abraham Lincoln's experience of and views on slavery prior to the Civil War is "We cannot recognize slavery as an evil and at the same time allow it to spread."
It is well documented that Abraham Lincoln did not support slavery prior to the Civil War. He continually expressed his moral opposition to the issue of slavery. However, historians think that at this time, he has not a clear idea of how to end it and what to do with the many African slaves that were already in the United States. Some scholars think that Lincoln thought about returning the slaves to their native places in Africa, including Libia.
