I agree Lincoln is wrongly deified in American culture but I still think the real villains were the abolitionists.
Important to understand that it would have been possible to avoid civil war and end slavery by having the federal government purchase and free all slaves. But abolitionists wouldn't have that, they didn't want slaveowners to be rewarded. They wanted the entire south dead, and they were going to get a war with or without Lincoln. To what extent Lincoln worsened or lessened the bloodthirst of the north is up for debate.
To his credit, when he realized the same banks funded the north and south (and he had to pay all the debts) he printed his own currency any paid them with that. The banks were furious, and a short while later he was dead.
Yeah, Brazil, which was colonized by some Confederates, showed very clearly that Slavery could be ended with compensation and regulation over time. It took longer, but 2% of their population wasn't killed.
I agree Lincoln is wrongly deified in American culture but I still think the real villains were the abolitionists.
Important to understand that it would have been possible to avoid civil war and end slavery by having the federal government purchase and free all slaves. But abolitionists wouldn't have that, they didn't want slaveowners to be rewarded. They wanted the entire south dead, and they were going to get a war with or without Lincoln. To what extent Lincoln worsened or lessened the bloodthirst of the north is up for debate.
To his credit, when he realized the same banks funded the north and south (and he had to pay all the debts) he printed his own currency any paid them with that. The banks were furious, and a short while later he was dead.
Yeah, Brazil, which was colonized by some Confederates, showed very clearly that Slavery could be ended with compensation and regulation over time. It took longer, but 2% of their population wasn't killed.