Ab Lincoln, should African Americans see him as a heroic figure?

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His own words---"If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves I would do it"

He hesitated to sign the Emancipation Proclamation --Which didn't even free half of the slaves, only slaves in 4 states.

Was criticize by Republicans, because they said he acted too slowly.

Had two Generals killed, why? Because they freed slaves

The slaves were freed, but not under Ab Lincoln's authority.

The North had always opposed slavery far before Ab Lincoln came into office. Freeing slaves were never on Ab Lincoln's agenda. The Civil War wasn't fought to free the slaves. It was only a result of the Civil War because the North believed slavery was morally wrong.
Dude Abe Lincoln mother was white(Nancy Hank), it was his Mammy that was black.
 
No. He just did what he had to do at the time to end the war but if he could have done it without freeing the slaves he would have done it. It wasn't a moral decision on his part. I had to go online to prove this to a friend of mine (caucasian) who was helping her son with an essay. I referred her to Lincoln's own letters, not people's opinions. I also told her to look at her sons textbook after she read Lincoln's own words. The textbook, as I knew, made no mention of Lincolns true intentions. Just another case of how America rewrites history to make it more palatable. My friend was shocked. She had no idea. America as a whole needs to be educated by teaching children to investigate the facts not the wikipedia textbook version of the day.

Also, I am always amazed by the juneteeenth stories. Slaves weren't told that they were freed until months and months later. I've heard some didn't know for years. Textbooks writers missed that little tidbit huh?
 
Yeah! Abe had more African American blood in him than Obama does. Look it up!

But still, Abe wasn't our first African American president. I think Thomas Jefferson was.
 
Who is this Ab Lincoln? I must have slept through that part of history class. The only Lincoln I'm aware of is Abe, or Abraham.

And why is this in the elections section? I don't know of any Ab Lincoln running for president now.
 
John Wilkes Booth should be a hero to black people. Abe was gonna start sending them back to Africa.
 
Why is this question in Elections??? is Abe running again?


and your correct, the civil war was not about freeing slaves, that was a consequence of it, not a main theme for the republicans...it was sorta a unfortunate result.

they wanted to stop the import of slaves and home grow them with the ones we had.

hard to think that was only a bit more than 100 years ago..how far we have come in such a historically short time.
 
Finally...now, let me tell you who fought to free the slaves.
It was Salmon P. Chase...NOT Lincoln. He couldn't have cared less - he just didn't want to see the Union divided.
 
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