Lincoln didn't free anyone. He enslaved unwilling citizens into his Army of personal vendetta. The Civil war was about one thing: States' rights nothing more. I'm not sure how it would have played out without Lincoln but killing and slaughtering innocent people to claim your empire is not just, for any cause. The South didn't want to fight - just to be left alone. It was the Union who implemented that horrible segregation culture and it was the Union judges who enforced Slavery in the first place. Of course, ultimately, Africa is to blame for creating the slave trade. 70%(80?) of all slaves came from the Congo, which is still killing its' own people today. Blacks in America are very lucky we brought their ancestors here. People die trying to get into this country and people are starving to death outside of this Country. It wasn't the best immigration policy but at least it was immigration and not genocide.