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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

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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