Virtually everyone who discusses the topic. Last week there was a thread on this, and there were perhaps 10 different people claiming that "we fought a war to end slavery."
The notion is ubiquitous. Most Americans believe that the war was fought to end slavery, and for no other reason. Here's a link.
So discussions and negotiations of a constitutional amendment don't count as serious in your mind?
Not compared to sending armed men into other people's homes and killing them. Most such discussions were after the Emancipation proclamation, and appear to be more of a justification for what they had done than any principle based effort.
While we're at it, the 13th amendment represents a lot of what is wrong with Washington D.C. Were it not for the arm twisting, bribery, kickbacks and deal making, that amendment would not have passed, and that doesn't even address the issue of having an occupation army forcing Southern States to vote for the Amendment against their will.
BS.
Last week there was a thread on this, and there were perhaps 10 different people claiming that "we fought a war to end slavery."
I hadn't seen that thread but I looked through it and counted 2 people mistakenly making that claim (well, 3 if I count one of your posts). Most people do not claim that at all. There is a difference between stating "we fought a war to end slavery" and "we fought a war over slavery".
The war was about Southern subjugation at first, then in 1863 it was repacked as a war to end slavery. This went over like a wet fart in church in the North. It kicked off riots and the Copperheads went crazy. It almost cost the Goon the 1864 election. But the Butcher’s war machine need bodies and black ones would do just fine.