Lincoln and the American Civil War

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

IMHO Lincoln seems pretty heavy handed, I don't believe he genuinely cared about the general welfare of the American negroe, I think administrative legislation in the midst of civil war set an unreal precedent in terms of social and political subjugation. I also believe that some of the Northern states also wanted to succeede from the Union and so on. Am I mistaken? I know everyone just assumes he was cool and "freed the slaves" but I do not see how this is true. Why I need from y'all would be links or explainations. I want to be able to show the end of slavery came out of industrial innovation and so on, not some neckbearded Moses leading the downtrodden to Liberia.

Problem is, it's incredibly difficult it seems to find material critical of Lincoln that wasn't written by some Misesian author.

[Sewer Socialist]

I think you have it backwards; some of the Northern states wanted to preserve both the Union and slavery. I don't actually have any sources to offer.

[Bala Perdida]

There you go bozz:
" If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it" -Abraham Lincoln

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/emancipation-150/i-would-save-the-union.html

Apparently it was just a tactic to keep the Union together. That article is confusing otherwise. They keep saying he was pro-abolition, but they don't provide enough info to show that that's what it's talking about and not union nationalism. Also black people where commonly enslaved afterwards in several tactics one of which being jailing them for a prison labor force.