[ReverendJames]

The whole thing with Lincoln going to war was to preserve the Union. The slavery issue was not a factor at the time.

[gman992]

Oh man not this sh*t again...okay, if the war wasn’t about slavery...why didn’t they get rid of it? Why did they maintain an aparthied system based on race? Everytime someone said something about freeing the slaves why did the South always freaked out?

Why did they then maintain an aparthied system for another 100 years?

[Tublecane]

“The whole thing with Lincoln going to war was to preserve the Union. The slavery issue was not a factor at the time.”

This isn’t rocket science. Just take one little backward steps. Lincoln went to war to preserve the Union why? Because the South seceded. Why did it secede? Because of slavery.

[cookcounty]

"The whole thing with Lincoln going to war was to preserve the Union. The slavery issue was not a factor at the time."

....and that is the reason why the real lyrics of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, sung as they marched to war, was

".....as He died to make men holy, let us die to make men hug."

[Wayne07]

That’s like saying World War II wasn’t about fascism, it was about Hawaii. Lincoln’s primary goal may have been preserving the union, but the context was revolved around slavery.