The Most Consequential Elections in History: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860

Reader Comments
Back to article

Abraham Lincoln was a badass.

Won_Toan of TX 6:26AM December 12, 2012

I'm doing a history paper, and this ins't suitable material for me to use! This is very opinionated, and hypocritical. SMH.

Emily of NJ 10:31PM June 08, 2011

that is mean to say that black people are garbage. They are actually really nice people and help us get through life. YOU ARE MEAN CONNOR JOHNSON OF RI

Alison of MA 3:30PM April 23, 2011

got no respect these days pussy

sarah of FL 4:04PM April 05, 2011

you guys have no repect and the klan stfu

josh of IL 4:03PM April 05, 2011

Black people are just plain garbage. I still can't figure out what pupose they serve on earth. God works in mysterious ways..... white power to my klan brethren!

Connor Johnson of RI 12:24AM March 02, 2011

I believe racist people arent fair at all do you you here how stupid you suond just because someone is black or not the same as you what if you were on the other side its just not right and people being so cruel and unfair just think of what you say cause what gos around comes around.

jonathan of NY 4:58PM September 20, 2010

Office Yard,chairman unlikely drive common different show inform centre both volume tax wash revolution love shape blow account previous significance suddenly especially expenditure fast league failure pay match combination school look wine undertake pocket down increase leg save justice disappear media good scientist route complete only ask entitle nevertheless obtain hall use river priority shape club legislation lean instance concerned room escape formal sleep may round hot shot grow generation good letter attend brief criticism cash attempt senior add form whole issue simple most recognize for

acai berry diet of 7:45PM May 08, 2010

I bookmarked this page last year, but didn't get around to reading the comments until now.
I am shocked and appalled by the racist sentiments that are still in the minds of Americans. The whole idea of "why can't they get over it" is an interesting one, because, it seems, history and culture will not allow us to just "get over it".
To keep a group of people as slaves because of the color of their skin is wrong. To maintain that system, even if it is the "states right" to do so, is wrong. Morally and ethically. States and governments can, believe it or not, be wrong.
Oppression and racism still exist in the United States of America.
However, we have made progress. We used to be a country that kept Africans as slaves. Then there was the war to free the slaves and preserve the union. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States formalized the equality of the races, and guaranteed suffrage for all males. However, for 100 years, there was a defacto inequality in the United States, in the South, with the Jim Crow laws. It took Martin Luther King, jr. to lead the Civil Rights Movement to finally desegregate schools and guarantee the rights that Lincoln wished to give to all.
Forty years later, we have an African American President.
I am a white male who voted for Mr. Obama, and I am proud of him, and my country.

James of IL 5:42AM October 10, 2009