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[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Until you read about Lincoln happening upon slave markets as a young man and having trouble controlling himself over how much it enraged him.

Imagine it as one of many things in today's world that a politician might want to change but it's so polarizing that they can't actively act on it, instead electing to act on easier, smaller goals everyone might get behind.

If you read the writings of the time, they might have had trouble including abolition to their agenda, but pretty much everyone was ready to jump on board as soon as it was.

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It was about slavery, but it wasn't about slavery in terms of what Lincoln was trying to do initially. He would have actively allowed it to continue if it kept the nation together, but ultimately had to use it to build efforts for the war.

[-] bamahomer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

He didn't read these comments, then

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