[Original Lurker]

Your words are quite charitable towards the *true* character of Mr. Lincoln.

I liken the *true* character of Mr. Lincoln more to the persona of a character concocted in the imagination of a close relative - the character; Bob Ewell.

Slavery was simply low lying fruit, a card in the deck at Mr. Lincoln’s disposal. Mr. Lincoln was possessed by a malignant spirit of which we’ve not seen on national politics until recently.

Bob Ewell and Mr. Lincoln could have swapped roles in life and fiction, respectively.

[AuntB]

“Your words are quite charitable towards the *true* character of Mr. Lincoln.”

A really great read is that of freed slaves in the South. Many of them were NOT thrilled with Lincoln.

http://genealogytrails.com/oka/slave_pg3.html

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I liken the *true* character of Mr. Lincoln more to the persona of a character concocted in the imagination of a close relative - the character; Bob Ewell.

I hate to break it to you, lurker, but your cousin based "Bob Euell" on your dad.