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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1137067)5/28/2019 3:35:27 PM
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Winfastorlose, of course Jefferson Davis was going to downplay the role of slavery in the conflict between North vs. South. Many people in the South started getting a lot of moral compunctions regarding slavery, but they tried their best to deflect abolition, fearing that their economy could not withstand the shock. In effect they viewed slavery as a necessary evil.

Lincoln was very much concerned over the breakup of the union. Makes sense, given that no American president would want such a breakup happening on his watch. Hence the reasons why he tried his very best to not upset the southern slaveholders. Even when the Civil War broke out, Lincoln was hesitant to make the war about abolishing slavery. Only later did he issue his Emancipation Proclamation.

But make no mistake: Lincoln was always morally opposed to slavery, both in public and in private. His original hopes were to see the gradual end of slavery as an institution through more "organic" means (can't think of a better word at the moment). But even that drew sharp criticism from his political opponents in the years before the war, which no doubt helped to drive secessionist sentiment in the South.

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