Lincoln was an atheist, or an agnostic.
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, and jailed his vocal detractors.
Lincoln thought blacks were inferior, and said so.
Lincoln only freed the slaves as a wartime maneuver, hoping for an insurrection in the Southern states.
But, he’s a secular saint to those raised on NEA textbooks.
And... here we go.
If so, I doubt it will stay that way. Don’t you know U.S. Grant’s wife’s family owned slaves?
Lincoln was a skeptic in his earlier years, but it's clear that in later life he believed in God, though he was not an orthodox Christian. In that he was similar to Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams, and not terribly different from Washington.
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, and jailed his vocal detractors.
So did Davis. It was wartime, and some people were actively supporting the other side.
Lincoln thought blacks were inferior, and said so.
So did virtually all whites back then -- and later. Lincoln was accused by Douglas of supporting race mixing, so he had to speak on race more than other people in politics did, but he did change over time, and by the end of his life, he was considerably less racist than most of his contemporaries.
Lincoln only freed the slaves as a wartime maneuver, hoping for an insurrection in the Southern states.
Emancipation by proclamation could only be justified as a war measure, as it had been justified in the Seminole War. I'm not aware that he hoped for an insurrection in the rebel states. He did hope that emancipation would discourage Britain and France from recognizing the Confederacy. Freeing the slaves would also weaken the Confederate war effort, inspire Northerners to renewed devotion to the Union cause, and put the country on the road to complete abolition of slavery.
But, he’s a secular saint to those raised on NEA textbooks.
Are you in England or something? For over a century, Lincoln was highly esteemed throughout the North (and even respected by many Southerners). US textbooks now don't view him as positively, and make the same PC objections that you do.