Not entirely true, Lincoln did make slavery the focus of the Civil War. Mostly to gain support in the south as well as nationally for a very unpopular war. He also did it to keep England from throwing support to the south, which was being considered.
That’s why I said not entirely, it’s true the civil war wasn’t started over slavery, Lincoln himself said he’d allow it if it kept the union together. But saying it wasn’t about slavery at any point isn’t correct, he shifted the focus to that after the fact to for his needs.
It was definitely some what over slavery. The expansion westward had people from the south and north mixing and in these new towns fights were breaking out over the issue of slavery, fights that quickly escalated. There was going to be a war over slavery regardless.
Not entirely true, Lincoln did make slavery the focus of the Civil War. Mostly to gain support in the south as well as nationally for a very unpopular war. He also did it to keep England from throwing support to the south, which was being considered.
He made slavery the focus ex post facto. It was not started over slavery. You admit as much in your own post.
That’s why I said not entirely, it’s true the civil war wasn’t started over slavery, Lincoln himself said he’d allow it if it kept the union together. But saying it wasn’t about slavery at any point isn’t correct, he shifted the focus to that after the fact to for his needs.
It was definitely some what over slavery. The expansion westward had people from the south and north mixing and in these new towns fights were breaking out over the issue of slavery, fights that quickly escalated. There was going to be a war over slavery regardless.