Reddit reviews Lincoln and the Indians: CIVIL WAR POLICY AND POLITICS

Nah, I left out the anarchist charges against him (which are lengthy as well). Surprisingly, most of this was actually mentioned in my Civil Rights law class last year, by my NAACP-affiliated professor who was personally involved in the civil rights movement. Here, I'll add some sources:

> The Emancipation Proclamation was an announcement that ended slavery... only in places where Lincoln had no power to end slavery (the rebelling states). Slavery persisted in several states where he did have the power to end slavery. It was entirely a political move, designed to shore up support among abolitionists and hopefully sow discord in the South. Lincoln's plan for the end of the war was to deport blacks to Africa and the West Indies, because he didn't believe the races could live side-by-side.

> Lincoln shut down newspapers that criticized him, jailed thousands of political opponents without trial for speaking out against him, and participated in significant internal corruption (such as buying land the railroad wanted to build on, and then having the government grant it to the railroad at taxpayer expense) [can't immediately find a source on this - often tough with history stuff because the field is still book-based]. He suspended habeas corpus, had draft protestors killed [possibly justified force, but probably excessive to kill ~100 for the deaths of 10 - also, the wiki erroneously says 100 blacks killed, but this is not what the cited source says], committed genocide against Native Americans, and tortured Northern civilians [source note - no credible Internet links for this, but this book details water torture, and is written by a highly-respected historian and supporter of Lincoln].

Don't mistake any of this as a defense of the Confederacy - their leadership was just as bad (though not as bloody as some of Lincoln's underlings such as Sherman and Burnsides). I still think FDR was worse, but he's remembered almost as well was Lincoln.