lincoln represented a kentucky master, robert matzen, who was keeping jane bryant and her children in slavery in, the supposedly free state of illinois, lincoln argued that manson was permitted to keep slaves temporarily in illinois, even though jane bryant had been in illinois more than two years at the time of court case. the court pretty quickly rejected lincoln's argument and declared jane free. now, some of lincoln's biographers literally do not mention the mattson case and some of them try to excuse lincoln with a long story about how he'd already agreed to represent the other side, a story which i think is on late 19th century sources, quite questionable and, some of them more recently, however, have said, look, lincoln shouldn't have agreed to take the case. i agree. a lawyer. and as said, i started life as a. a lawyer does not have to take. every client who walks through his door chase his friends made remarkable in political anti-slavery. the 1840s. as i mentioned the 1840 presidential election about a third of 1% vote for the liberty party candidate in 1844. they get that p