He did spare the life of an Indian Chief in the Black Hawk war, despite the fact that his cohorts in the Indiana Militia wanted him executed immediately.
He wanted blacks sent back to Africa
Him and about 80% of all white people at the time. Nevertheless, he was the first President to use the ending of slavery as an issue (albeit only in states "under rebellion"). For his time, he was a "moderate" on racial issues (Thaddeaus Stevens and the great William Seward were much more progressive on this point than Abe).