@VulcanMan6 5mos5MO
They should also learn about the party switch and the fact that Abraham Lincoln was still a blatant white supremacist who expressly believed that black people were inherently inferior to white people, which is bad.
@TruthHurts1015mos5MO
Abraham Lincoln's views on race, it is a well-documented and self-evident fact, evolved over the course of the war. While yes, initially he believed in the superiority of whites, by the end of the war he said he believed in black equality (John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln because he publicly pushed for black voting rights and political equality.) The party switch is a gross oversimplification, elements of both ancient parties have blended into each of the two parties we see today. Anyone who had studied history for any significant amount of time would know this. Probably explains why you don't...
@VulcanMan6 5mos5MO
According to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museumhttps://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/learn/educators/educator-resources/teaching-guides/lincolns-views-african-american-slavery/ This was Lincoln's latest views before he died:
"As he described the work of 12,000 Louisianans loyal to the Union who had abolished slavery within the state, Lincoln, for the first time by any president, publicly stated that he favored giving at least some Black men, including the “very intelligent and...those who serve… Read more
