Imagine Lincoln saying that his behavior for the first 2 years of the War of Northern Agression that his actions were to preserve the Union, not to stop slavery.
Imagine thinking that those two things were exclusuve to each other and then deliberately ignoring the actual words spoken by Alex Stephens & other southern politicians.
Imagine still believing everything your high school history book told you
Imagine, despite the actual words of the political leaders at the time, still thinking The South's rebellion had nothing to do with slavery?
Imagine Lincoln saying that his behavior for the first 2 years of the War of Northern Agression that his actions were to preserve the Union, not to stop slavery.
Imagine thinking that those two things were exclusuve to each other and then deliberately ignoring the actual words spoken by Alex Stephens & other southern politicians.