[WhiskeyPapa]

On the contrary, I spent decades reading the "other side"; i.e., the mainstream view of Lincoln and the Civil War. Until a few years ago, Lincoln was one of my favorite historical figures; a genuine personal hero of mine. The problem anyone faces, in today's hyper-p.c. climate, is that opposing Lincoln, or defending the southern states' right to secede, is synonymous to most people with supporting slavery.

As Lincoln was a lifelong opponent of slavery, that would be a reasonable supposition.

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

As Lincoln was a lifelong opponent of slavery, that would be a reasonable supposition.

If The Lincoln were what you say, he would not have proposed, bid for, and endorsed a constitutional amendment preserving and prolonging slavery's existence indefinately. But he did. Therefore his devotion to anti-slavery could not have been as deep or as long held as you assert.