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<blockquote data-quote="Sportello" data-source="post: 1703168" data-attributes="member: 55299">You just can&#039;t accept the fact that the Civil War was started because of SLAVERY, can you? The Declaration of the Immediate Causes for each seceding State clearly state SLAVERY as the main reason.Lincoln&#039;s&nbsp; main aim was to save the Union. The last statement in his letter that you cited was “I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.”Not as non committal as the section you chose to highlight, is it?Your declaration that Lincoln wanted to &quot;ship them all to Haiti&#039; is a distortion of the facts. He did advocate voluntary emigration of African American Freedmen, and 453 departed for an island off of Haiti. A good read on the subject is here:<a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/the-le-vache-from-hope-to-disaster/" target="_blank">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/the-le-vache-from-hope-to-disaster/</a>Lincoln held views on Blacks not unlike many of his contemporaries. It would be fair to say his views on race &#039;evolved&#039; over the course of his Presidency.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sportello, post: 1703168, member: 55299"] You just can't accept the fact that the Civil War was started because of SLAVERY, can you? The Declaration of the Immediate Causes for each seceding State clearly state SLAVERY as the main reason. Lincoln's main aim was to save the Union. The last statement in his letter that you cited was [I]“I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.”[/I] Not as non committal as the section you chose to highlight, is it? Your declaration that Lincoln wanted to "ship them all to Haiti' is a distortion of the facts. He did advocate voluntary emigration of African American Freedmen, and 453 departed for an island off of Haiti. A good read on the subject is here: [URL]http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/the-le-vache-from-hope-to-disaster/[/URL] Lincoln held views on Blacks not unlike many of his contemporaries. It would be fair to say his views on race 'evolved' over the course of his Presidency. [/QUOTE]

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