[central_va]

Lincoln siad the war wasn’t about slavery. But what did he know?

[rockrr]

It wasn’t - for the north. but it certainly was for the south.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Lincoln siad the war wasn’t about slavery. But what did he know?

From his Second Inaugural address: "One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war."

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Lincoln siad the war wasn’t about slavery. But what did he know?

And Andrew Stephens said that slavery was the cornerstone on which the confederacy was created. But what did he know?

And John Mosby said, "The South went to war on account of Slavery." But what did he know?

[jmacusa]

He knew enough to get elected president. Hows your campaign going General?