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In reply to the discussion: Democrats delay change to convention superdelegates [View all]still_one
(92,190 posts)During the Lincoln/Douglas debates, Lincoln was no different than most white males, North and South at the time, however, Lincoln's views were much more complicated, and while he shared many of the prejudices of his society which was a deeply racist society in both the north and the south before the Civil War, however, there is no question that he hated slavery, and always opposed it.
It was during the Civil War where Lincoln's views evolved, and it was at that time that during the Civil War that Lincoln not only wanted to abolish slavery, but also give African American the right to citizenship.
There were two Lincolns, one before the Civil War and one after, and his transformation was cut short because of his assassination.
The Civil Rights Act, and Voting Rights Act in 1964 were pushed by a Democratic President from the South At that time it was the Senatorial Republicans who supported the Act, while the most of the opposition came from the Southern Democrats, and it was the key event why many of those Southern Democrats eventually became republicans