abe lincoln trending, so here& #39;s howard zinn explaining how he only went over to abolishing slavery when pushed to do so by radical abolitionists from below, and he ensured that it was done in a safe, "moderate" way to limit the scope of emancipation

those excerpts are from zinn& #39;s excellent "the people& #39;s history of the united states", which you can read in full here: http://library.uniteddiversity.coop/More_Books_and_Reports/Howard_Zinn-A_peoples_history_of_the_United_States.pdf

and">https://library.uniteddiversity.coop/More_Book... see this thread for more information about howard zinn& #39;s life and works https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1306683915940364288">https://twitter.com/zei_squir...

there& #39;s a reference to john brown in the second excerpt, as a representative of the radical abolitionist movement which lincoln blunted. see this thread for more information about him https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1271144050238906372">https://twitter.com/zei_squir...