[The_Media_never_lie]

take it you don’t know what Lincoln said about slavery then and why he went to war, psstt it was not slavery... a little speech about preserving the union and not freeing slaves. I’ll let you search it through Bing etc

I do indeed know what Lincoln said.

Lincoln was a complicated man and a politicion. Contrary to the Geico commercial, he might have said one thing in the south and another for northern consumption. Regardless, slavery was an underlying cause of the war, not the only cause.

An eyewitness report of Lincoln visiting freed slaves in Federally occupied Richmond indicated they (the freed slaves) looked upon Lincoln as an emancipator. That's good enough for me.

[central_va]

Lincoln was a complicated man and a politicion(sic)

Is that what we call reprobates now?

[manc]

it was never about slavery for Lincoln, for others yes, underlying for some yes, , cause for some yes but not for Lincoln and I guess you did not read what Central wrote to you.

Lincoln said in his own words why he was going to war and he also said in that speech if it meant keeping all slavery intact but keep the union he would do it.

His own words.