The political leaders in the Southern States believed that they were fighting the war to defend the rights of their states. They thought that the federal government did not have the right to determine whether slavery was legal in any state.
In the south during the war Lincoln was regarded as a black-hearted tyrant who was seeking to subjugate them by force, to compel them to remain in the Union of which they no longer wished to be a part. He was regarded as a merciless ogre who had sent his armies into the south to destroy and pillage, and those armies were full of foreign hirelings (numerous Irish were enlisted in the Union Army as soon as they got off the boat; the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac spoke German). He was called "The Original Ape", "King Abrahamus Africanus", and a "black Republican". Lincoln was not kindly regarded in the south while the war, which was largely seen as caused by his election and waged at his insistence, and which killed more than a quarter of a million southern men out of a white population of around five million, was going on.
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Abraham Lincoln integrity
Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery was morally wrong and sought to prevent its expansion into new territories, while Stephen Douglas believed in popular sovereignty, allowing each state or territory to decide for itself whether to allow slavery. Lincoln's ultimate goal was to eventually abolish slavery throughout the nation, whereas Douglas prioritized maintaining the peace and unity of the country.
President Lincoln.
President elect Abraham Lincoln viewed secession as being unconstitutional. He was hesitant, however, to use force to forbid states to actually secede. On the other hand, President Buchanan also saw secession as illegal but unlike Lincoln, did not believe the federal government had the constitutional authority to use force against states that did secede.
Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, and to forgive the states that were defeated.
The poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman is written in the first-person point of view. It expresses deep mourning and reverence upon the death of President Abraham Lincoln.
States in open rebellion.
His paternal grandmother was Bathsheba Herring (c1742-1836). His maternal grandmother is usually said to be Lucy (or Lucey) Hanks Sparrow. Abraham's mother, Nancy Hanks, is thought to have been born before her mother married. There is very little actual documentary information about Lucy Hanks.
yes. in 1847, two years before election, he owned more than 100 slaves.
They viewed him as an emancipator. A lot like they view Martin Luther King.
When Lincoln was elected president in 1860, his views on slavery were already known and included:
Abraham Lincoln viewed slavery as an unfortunate result of America's development that needed to end in order to keep the country united. His view on Stephen Douglas was that he was an erudite and decent man that didn't need to end to keep the country united.