On the recordMarch 4, 1865
All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.”
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In his Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln asserted that everyone understood slavery to be the underlying cause of the Civil War.
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