“although Lincoln was not “fighting to free the slaves’, EVERYONE knows that is Exactly what the Civil War was about.”
The North’s invasion of the South was controversial at the time and remains so today.
Many people believe Lincoln “fought to free the slaves” and to overthrow the pro-slavery United States Constitution.
Maybe he did.
” The North’s invasion of the South was controversial at the time and remains so today.
Many people believe Lincoln “fought to free the slaves” and to overthrow the pro-slavery United States Constitution. “
Agreed.
President Lincoln’s external position was maybe subtly ambiguous:
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”