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> Slavery was an institution that the Lincoln era republicans felt very strongly about eradicating, and they were otherwise fairly hands off The same people fi
by liability 7y ago
> Slavery was an institution that the Lincoln era republicans felt very strongly about eradicating, and they were otherwise fairly hands off
The same people fighting to free the slaves also typically thought it would be ridiculous to let women vote. They simply were not the libertarians you imagine them to be. Social deregulation was not on the agenda.
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago> The same people fighting to free the slaves also typically thought it would be ridiculous to let women vote. Not unusual sentiment for their time. Progress is relative to a current state in time, obviously. > They simply were not the libertarians you imagine them to be. Social deregulation was not on the agenda. They wouldn’t have to be social progressives (until TDR of course), just not regressive. However the republicans were back then, the democrats were worse.