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Bad take.

Lincoln ended slavery with the emancipation proclamation.
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A.A.Ron 1y ago

Improvements in agriculture technology would have eventually ended slavery without killing 655,000 people.

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H.M. Murdock 1y ago

And without leaving a residue of racism feeding off of simmering resentment for the next 150+ years.

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SpacemanSpiff 1y ago

We can play what ifs but what was the realistic timeline? There were about 4M slaves in the US in 1860. Peaceful emancioation was not imminent. How many years of their nominal freedom was 655k worth? It's not obvious that electing a tyrant was not the right thing to do at that time.