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To: WTSherman who wrote (119773)	12/27/2000 10:01:42 PM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 769667

So, the north's interest in eliminating slavery came first from a moral imperative that some people had, second from a free labor perspective that wanted it contained and thirdly from a military perspective, in that Lincoln thought it would weaken the south. You did not cite it above in the final summary of you post. thirdly from a military perspective, in that Lincoln thought it would weaken the south. However, that does help to make a point about the secondary importance of the moral outrage cited by some as a major cause of the war. LoF