Advanced level Black history courses where they examine how much of an ally Abraham Lincoln actually was.
I know you think slavery is awful. But your argument is “Slavery wasn’t the main reason, the infringement of the South’s economy and sovereignty was the bigger issue.” works to diminish the role of slavery in their decision to secede.
First, I never said the quote you are attributing to me. You and others have repeatedly asked for a common denominator among the secessionist states. You found slavery mentioned in four. It is mentioned in a few more but you missed them. That said, here is what is in all of them:
Mississippi: “a free, sovereign, and independent State”
Florida: “a sovereign and independent nation”
Alabama: “a Sovereign and Independent State”
Georgia: “a free and independent State”
Louisiana: “a free and independent State”
Texas: “a separate sovereign State”
Virginia: “a free and independent State”
Arkansas: “a free and independent State”
North Carolina: “a free and independent State.”
Tennessee: “a free, sovereign, and independent State.”
Missouri: “a free and independent republic amongst the nations of the earth”
Kentucky: “a free and independent State, clothed with all power to fix her own destiny and to secure her own rights and liberties”
Furthermore, in his letter to Horrace Greeley dated August 22, 1862, Abraham Lincoln wrote:
“If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it”
--Abraham Lincoln