“Although it is true Lincoln was a republican, he was considered a radical liberal because he had that leftest view that slavery was wrong.”
While fully aware of the dangers of learning history from the movies, in the movie “Lincoln” one of the characters (I forget his name, but he was presumably the “founder” of the Republican Party) said something along the lines of “I built this party specifically to be Conservative, but anti-slavery.” As for Lincoln himself, perhaps it’s fair to say that his position on slavery “evolved.” :-)
“Although it is true Lincoln was a republican, he was considered a radical liberal because he had that leftest view that slavery was wrong.”
While fully aware of the dangers of learning history from the movies, in the movie “Lincoln” one of the characters (I forget his name, but he was presumably the “founder” of the Republican Party) said something along the lines of “I built this party specifically to be Conservative, but anti-slavery.” As for Lincoln himself, perhaps it’s fair to say that his position on slavery “evolved.” :-)