Lincoln had always planned to compensate slaveowners in order to abolish slavery and drafted his first compensated emancipation plan in 1849. This was rejected

Lincoln had always planned to compensate slaveowners in order to abolish slavery and drafted his first compensated emancipation plan in 1849. This was rejected by the southern states. http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/civil-war/congressional-action-inaction/compensated-emancipation/ http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/civil-war/congressional-a...