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Tommy Revolts: Why did Lincoln offer the slave states an amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee slavery where it legally existed then?

FreedomStar3028: If it had nothing to do with slavery then why would he offer them an amendment guaranteeing slavery?

Presuming that you are referring to the original 13th Amendment, Lincoln didn't offer it - congress did. Lincoln merely said that he would go along with it for the sake of keeping the union intact. A terrible mistake in my opinion.

[FreedomStar3028]

Thing is the Civil War was caused directly by slavery. Maybe not all of the reason. But very much of it.