Title: How did a war to preserve the Union become a war to end slavery? - eNotes.com
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How did a war to preserve the Union become a war to end slavery?
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Content: But he gradually came to see the Civil War as bringing about “a new birth of freedom." Download PDF
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President Lincoln had long been a staunch opponent of slavery, regarding it as a cruel, degrading, and deeply inhumane institution. At the same time, Lincoln made it clear at the outset of the Civil War that the conflict between the North and the South was being fought to preserve the Union. Lincoln categorically stated that he would preserve the Union even if it meant that slavery remained in place. He wanted to see an end...
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