[Non-Sequitur]

so why did he not free slaves in the border states

He did. It's called the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

If you read his memoirs he was just as much as a racist as many others back in that day.

Ummm...Lincoln didn't write his memoirs.

[ought-six]

“He did. It’s called the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.”

Um, he didn’t. The 13th Amendment was not ratified until after Lincoln was dead.