SomeoneElse@lemmy.caM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe American civil war wasn’t about slavery.lemmy.caimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down12
arrow-up195arrow-down1imageThe American civil war wasn’t about slavery.lemmy.caSomeoneElse@lemmy.caM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareDr. Coomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt 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.
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.