Sustained argument with you guys is impossible. It always devolves to the level of stupid pictures.
Explain to me, in words if you will, why that’s funny? You mean because I used the phrase “found religion”? That’s a figure of speech. The Great Emancipator is merely a common nickname. What about the substance of the sentence? Even you must know that Lincoln eventually supported freeing all the slaves, that he passed the EP which freed some slaves, and that he pushed for the 13th amendment to be passed. How does that not constitute converting to abolitionism in the midst of his presidency?
“found religion” is funny since his wife declared him a lifelong atheist at his funeral.
“converting to abolitionism” is funny since your buddy (i think Bubba) argued we was never an abolitionist.
the whole discussion is funny, because it’s based on the rule of one man’s “morality” over the law of the land, and what a precedent that sets...
Since the Southern states were no longer part of the federal compact, the Emancipation Proclamation amounted to an attempt to incite a slave revolt in another country, in spite of the proclamation’s weak, ambiguous disclaimer to the contrary. Certainly the Radicals hoped the proclamation would spark a slave revolt, regardless of the cost in human lives. Furthermore...it left Northern slaves in bondage.