And I'd agree.
http://www.answers.com/topic/abraham-lincoln-on-slavery
Lincoln was not the hero he was painted to be, that's for sure. He didn't put a stop to slavery, either.
"Considering the relation of master and slave, controlled by humane laws and influenced by Christianity and an enlightened public sentiment, as the best that can exist between the white and black races while intermingled as at present in this country, I would deprecate any sudden disturbance of that relation unless it be necessary to avert a greater calamity to both." -- Robert Lee, January 1865.
And Lee was?