Source: The UnPopulist
by Manisha SInha
“Abraham Lincoln was not an original advocate of abolition. In fact we know that his journey to what he called ‘the central act of my administration, and the great event of the 19th century’ was a relatively slow, though continuous, one. Emancipation was a complex process that involved the actions of the slaves, the Union Army, Congress, and the president. Historians have argued over the relative roles of the slaves and Lincoln in the coming of emancipation. I want to shift the terms of this debate by drawing attention to a third group of emancipators—abolitionists, particularly Black abolitionists, and Radical Republicans.” (06/19/25)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/abraham-lincoln-wasnt-born-an-abolitionist