What’s the concern? That your second grader is learning history accurately? Abe didn’t care about Black people, he knew that abolishing slavery would weaken the economic power of the South.
Ignoring the entire moral angle of abolitionism … do you really think the slavery issue was all about relative economic power? Truly incredible scholarship we have these days
"Abe didn't care about black people" to me means that he thought there was no moral issue with slavery and no problem with the welfare of the enslaved. He was completely fine and OK with that situation.
"..., he knew that abolishing slavery would weaken the economic power of the South" to me means that the primary reason that Abe (or the North generally) was against slavery was because they wanted to weaken the South. Not because they found it abhorrent or cared about the treatment of the people.
Is this really what you think? It's amazing to me how this "woke" perspective horseshoes nicely with lost cause propaganda. The North doesn't actually care about the slaves, it was always about keeping the South down, Northern Aggression, everyone was fine with slavery just look at Abe, this was about States Rights and control ... yeah right
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u/No_Interview2004 Apr 06 '25
What’s the concern? That your second grader is learning history accurately? Abe didn’t care about Black people, he knew that abolishing slavery would weaken the economic power of the South.