Question #2722e
1 Answer
May 25, 2017
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Explanation:
Lincoln's primary goal was to preserve the union at all costs. He was not an abolitionist. In his inauguration speech he clearly stated that he did not want to abolish slavery. In his letter to Horace Greeley he claimed that his purpose was to save the Union not to free the slaves.
He was against slavery after 1863 and as long as it did not threaten the Union, he freed slaves in the Confederacy only in 1863.
