Why Is Lincoln Wrong

As the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln made very important decisions. One decision he had to make was on slavery. Lincoln felt that there was not much that he could do to stop slavery from occurring. In the South the economy was based off of slavery, in the North it was based on machines and industry. If he took away the South’s economy then that would be unfair. . Although, there was not much that he could do to prevent slavery in the states that had already adopted it, he could prevent it from spreading throughout the United States. The documents from the packet show the different opinions of President Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln shared many different opinions about slavery throughout his career as the President of the United States. I personally think his true feeling about slavery were mixed. He believed that slavery was wrong but there was not a lot that he could do to stop it. Throughout the documents Lincoln describes how slavery is unjust, unacceptable, and un First, Lincoln believes that slavery was unjust. He showed his true feelings about slavery in document one and two. In document one Lincoln gave a speech protesting

In document 3 Lincoln is writing to Henry Clay; an abolitionist who owns slaves. Clay feels that slavery is wrong even though it is normal. Even though slavery was normal, that does not mean that it was accepted. Lincoln and Clay thought that if they could not stop the spread of slavery, new generations could. In document 4 Lincoln wrote a fragment on slavery. He describes different scenarios that people have said or used against slavery. First, the documents talk about slaves enslaving southerners, and why they do not have the right. Next, it talks about the people with the lighter color skin can automatically enslave the darker colored people. Then, the third argument explains how the whites are the superior to the blacks, so they have the right to enslave