and history has been kind to his image largely because of the emancipation proclamation and the fact that his assassination made him a martyr.

He had this to say about slaves though. "Send them back to Africa".

In another debate he said, "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races."

He destroyed states rights and gave the federal government unprecedented power. Way too much.