Did Lincoln carry on the war for the purpose of freeing the slaves and werent the Confederates fighting for slavery or the extension of slavery?
There are those who will tell you the War Between the States had everything to do with slavery and those who will say it had nothing to do with slavery. Issues of slavery were involved, but were certainly not the only reason for hostilities. The causes of the War Between the States are too complex now for our “instant-fast food schooling” systems. Students and teachers seem to want a short, quick, easy answer to complex situations. It is historically inaccurate to say that the war was fought to free the slaves. The evidence is entirely against that interpretation. Charles Adams, in his book “For Good and Evil: the Impact of taxes on the Course of Civilization”, has a great way of summarizing the real situation: “Wars are not really fought to free some unfortunate minority not directly involved in the conflict. People who want freedom have to fight for it themselves.” Too often 21st century thinking is used to judge issues of the 19th century. One would be hard pressed in this day and a
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