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Why did the US Democratic Party support slavery in the 1860s?

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Why do white people down south vote Republican? I'm talking about the ones that are always screaming about “heritage and pride” when mentioning the confederate flag. They seem to be very proud of their ancestors that fought for the CSA. read more

It was the party of passionate abolitionists. It was the party of Free Soilers worried that big plantations hurt free laborers. It was the party of Lincoln who, when elected to the presidency, stuck to his promise to stop slavery’s spread to new territories and states. As time passed, he grew even more as a person and as politician. read more

The Democratic Party did well in the 1862 congressional elections, but in 1864 it nominated General George McClellan (a War Democrat) on a peace platform and lost badly because many War Democrats bolted to National Union candidate Abraham Lincoln. read more

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