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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <jedi_spock@>
> wrote:
> >
> > At a particular point in time, Abraham Lincoln was the most
> hated man in America. When he abolished Slavery the population hated
> him with such intensity that the white people refused to come out and
> meet him.
>
> That *some* white people refused to come out and meet
> him. He was a hero, even a saint, to a large portion
> of the population. Read about his funeral and the
> national mourning that took place after his
> assassination.
Are you suggesting this contradicts that at some points in his
presidency, Abraham Lincoln was quite unpopular?
Prior to the 1864 election, the war was not going well and Lincoln was
low in popularity. There was serious talk of McClelland taking the
Republican nomination.
Then within months, Sherman took Atlanta, the war was soon after
ended, and Lincoln's popularity surged. Within a few days he was shot.
Of course there was huge outpouring for him -- particularly given the
roller-coaster ride of events in those years -- 63-65.
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