disliked slavery, but did not believe the fed. gov. could ban it in places it already exists. "this struggle is to save the Union, not to either save or destroy slavery"
Lincolns plan was to abolish slavery!
Many people think he was against the idea of slavery, but really he was not. Abraham Lincoln used slavery as a leverage on trying to get the south to join the union by saying he would free the salves if they did not join back. But otherwise it was not his intentions to stop slavery.
Lincoln felt that slavery was wrong, he felt that the national government overpowered the state governments.
Lincoln was opposed to slavery and he wanted free blacks to form colonies elsewhere instead of staying in the United States.
To end slavery
Lincolns plan was to abolish slavery!
Since he was a young he thought of slavery as wrong doing.
Gettysburg Address
lincoln opposed slavery, but douglas thought slavery had its place
Slavery and the secession of the Southern States
lincolns parents thought it was wrong because they saw it in there eyes that every man on eath was equal:)
Unfortunately, the view of Radical Republican prevailed in Reconstruction.