Samus Aran on 21 March 2010
Having slaves wasn't(or isn't) about racism. Racism justified slavery.
The reason why Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery wasn't because he cared about the black people. A lot of black people ran from the south to the north and causing problems there(stealing, etc), so that's why most of the Northern states were against slavery(they didn't need slaves for their economy)
Saying the South is racist and the North isn't, is the biggest bullshit I've heard in this thread. It's not like the Afro-Americans had a good and happy life after the civil war... USA was a racist country until the 1960s.
And just to throw something random in here, Lincoln was a horrible president.
