Archive for April 25th, 2008

Truth v. Myth: President Lincoln, Slavery, and Racism

Posted on April 25, 2008. Filed under: Civil War, Lincoln, Racism, and Slavery, Politics | Tags: Abraham Lincoln, debates, slavery, Stephen Douglas |

One of the most damaging myths about American history is that Abraham Lincoln was a terrible president. That he was a racist who loved slavery, and worked hard to keep the Civil War from ending it. That Abraham Lincoln was a pro-slavery weasel whom black Americans should scorn and whose memory we should all trample [...]