Why do you think Lincoln believed that slavery was an issue on which the entire country should be united?

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Joseph Hansen · Answer 1 · 2022-05-08T06:46:51+0000

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A former Whig, Lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. His election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the Civil War. ... In 1865, Lincoln was instrumental in the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which made slavery unconstitutional

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