[uncbob]

Well, it was the north and Lincoln that abolished slavery

Lincoln ONLY abolished slavery in the seceding states NOT the northern states
And he only did to try and bring the seceding states back into the union

[jlogajan]

Lincoln ONLY abolished slavery in the seceding states NOT the northern states

By 1865 the Emancipation Proclamation had the effect of eliminating all slavery in the USA. Lincoln further pushed the 13th amendment approval in the US House, personally ensuring 2/3rds majority vote. Lincoln was shot in the back and killed by one of those "southern gentlemen" before the states could ratify the 13th amendment, but clearly Lincoln was indeed fundamental in ending slavery in the US both in fact and in law.