Post by Vegas on Aug 24, 2017 16:45:56 GMT
Abraham Lincoln did not own slaves unless there's some kind of verification of this.
His wife, Mary Todd, was the daughter of a slave owner, but she didn't take them with her.
In any event, I think there is a misconception that someone being a part of a culture where slavery is the norm is the same thing as holding onto a culture where slavery is the norm when it was clearly dying out as a norm.
The South seceded from The Union to preserve the institution of slavery.
The North fought the war to stop them from seceding... not specifically to stop slavery.
How one blurs that distinction is in the eye of beholder.
MEAINGLESS SIDENOTE: It has been argued that the emphasis of Lincoln signing The Emancipation Proclamation lied more with preventing England from entering the war on the side of the south than it was with an actual desire to end slavery.
For what that is worth... which ain't much.