long time guy wrote:
WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
long time guy wrote:
WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
long time guy wrote:
I'm much more interested in what he did as opposed to what he said. I could also find another set of quotes which demonstrate something completely opposite.
When it was all said and done slavery ended as result of the South losing the Civil War. Lincoln didn't advocate for the war at all. His involvement was a reaction to secession efforts on the part of Southern States. At no point of his political career did he advocate for an end to slavery. If the South doesn't secede then there is no way slavery ends during his Presidency.
His election started the war. You have zero facts here. There is no way of knowing what would have happened if the South didn't rebel. Here are the facts: he won the war and freed the slaves. Since that's what you are interested in.
This is where the disconnect lay. He was perfectly content to allow for the continuation of slavery. He wasn't in favor of the expansion of slavery. The South rebelled because Lincoln wouldn't allow slavery to expand. His antipathy towards slavery didn't result in there being a Civil War. Abolition of slavery wasn't even part of his rationale for fighting the war.
You started that you did not care about his thoughts. This includes his rationale for fighting. He led a war effort that punished the South for slavery and ended the institution. If he had gone after slavery before he won the war, there is a better chance that he loses the war. And you have zero way of proving he would have kept slavery in the south because he never had the opportunity.
You are continuously making false statements. The fact of the matter is that the South seceded from the Union. This led to the start of the Civil War. How can you make the claim that he punished States for slavery when 4 states were allowed to have slaves for the entirety of the war?
It was Lincoln who stated that his primary goal was to preserve the Union. If maintaining slavery accomplished this then he'd do it. If ending slavery accomplished this then he'd do it.
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https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/grea ... cede-1860/He invaded the South, don't you think that's a form of punishment? What false facts? You stated you do not care what his thoughts were. So why do you care what his "primary goal" was? You are literally over over the place.
As for allowing slaver in certain states. He did not want other states to take up arms against the Union. If the war was lost slavery was going to continue regardless if the South won. Also, how was he supposed to enforce freeing slaves outside the Confederacy law when all federal powerful power was being used to fight the rebellion? So what's your point here?
Let's get to the bottom of this because you are not making any sense. You think Lincoln was racist so you don't like him. There are no facts that could change your mind.
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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?The Missing Link wrote:
For instance they were never taught that Columbus was a slave owner.