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To: MamaTexan
Lincoln and his administration's effort to change a slave's social position from property to person,

That myth has already been debunked. Lincoln didn't particularly care about slavery. It was about preserving the Union.

1,078 posted on 05/29/2007 6:01:26 AM PDT by beckysueb
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To: beckysueb

Well, I don’t think it has been debunked. His administration and especially his party had strong and powerful elements within it that cared very much about changing the slave’s social position from property to person, and believed they were fighting to free the slaves and punish the slaveowners.


1,079 posted on 05/29/2007 6:04:28 AM PDT by carton253 (I've cried tears and stayed the same.)
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To: beckysueb
That myth has already been debunked. Lincoln didn't particularly care about slavery. It was about preserving the Union.

LOL! I know that, and you know that, but I fear it is a fact some people will never acknowledge.

:-)

1,090 posted on 05/29/2007 6:43:42 AM PDT by MamaTexan (Government cannot make a law contrary to the law that made the government)
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