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  • From: Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] response to question of rights
  • Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:03:27 -0500


On Nov 7, 2004, at 11:17 PM, James Dasher wrote:

It was actually a bunch of right-wing religious Republicans who were the big advocates for ending slavery.

I've read several histories of Lincoln's time, and our current notions of conservative and liberal can't be applied to a totally different period. Suffice it to say that people who were advocating getting rid of slavery were considered radical and unelectable. Lincoln himself never advocated outlawing slavery, which is one of the reasons he was able to get elected.

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