Lincoln wanted to move all of the blacks to Africa, favored colonization to Panama, Liberia, Haiti and wanted to put the plan in motion. He didn`t want them here, but knew it to be impossible to do in the long run. We still do not know if Lincoln ever abandoned that idea.
In Lincoln`s letter to Horace Greely (who happend to also live in my town with his wife) He stated as follows:
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/greeley.htm
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, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.
Lincoln`s intention was not to preserve or destroy slavery, but to preserve the Union. The war was not fought for Slavery or against it, simply PRESERVATION OF THE UNION.
okay dumbass let me help you put this into context
lincoln declared war after the secession of the southern states.
his reason for doing so was to preserve the union.
but lincoln did not start the war, the southern states knowingly did so by attempting to secede.
why was the war fought? BECAUSE THE SOUTH WANTED TO PRESERVE SLAVERY , they were scared that with the election of lincoln slavery would be outlawed and decided to seperate from the union in order to prevent that from happening.
look in south carolina's justification for secession. their primary reason for secession was the norths lack of enforcing the FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT and clauses in the US Constitution protecting slavery.
WHY WAS THE WAR FOUGHT?? BECAUSE THE SOUTH WANTED TO PRESERVE SLAVERY
DUMBFUCK. you bring shame to yourself with his attempt to manipulate history