‘Had he
[Lincoln] put the abolition of slavery before the salvation of the Union, he
would have inevitably driven from him a powerful class of the American people
and rendered resistance to rebellion impossible. Viewed from the genuine
abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but
measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a
statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined.'
- Frederick Douglass, ex-slave [11 years after
Lincoln's assassination]
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