Was president Lincoln an abolitionist?
He was not lenient. President Abraham Lincoln was not an abolitionist; he did not call for the immediate end of slavery everywhere in the U.S. until the proposed 13th Amendment became part of his party platform for the 1864 election.
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Lincoln believed slavery to be morally wrong, but knew it was sanctioned by law, and he acknowledged the rights of slave owners. ChaCha 24/7!
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