Buck Randall said:
What is calling the civil war a "required evil" if not justification? Slavery could have ended without war; some hardheaded rebellious types refused.
There was nothing altruistic about any of them but power. Ole Abe's plan for the slaves wasn't that good either.
His was to rid the country of a them by shipping them off.
He only issued the proclamation to create a hardship on the south.
He didn't give a hoot or holler about the slave.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-lincoln-slavery-and-emancipation
Better study your history Buck if the Democratic Party hadn't fractured into 3 conventions running three candidates ole Abe would have never got in.
This wasn't about slavery but power go back and study your Missouri Comprise.