if for that, I guess. Still emancipation was an afterthought or outgrowth of the war and not a primary motivation for cause of action between the states.
“Still emancipation was an afterthought or outgrowth of the war and not a primary motivation for cause of action between the states.”
No, it was not. In a larger sense, it was “about” slavery, among other things. But if you asked Southerners and Northerners in 1861, they would have pointed to other matters. But it officially became about slavery part of the way through, and the slaves were freed as a result of the war, and Lincoln in particular. We can’t rob him of that.