They all had an interest in freedom regardless of who offered it. Just as President Bush said last week, "All men desire to be free". You'd have to be a card carrying member of Al Queda to dispute that fact.
http://www.answers.com/topic/abraham-lincoln-on-slavery
Learn to fly, blaquebyrd. The truth is not pretty and not as simple as you would like for it to be.
Perceptions are everything.