One of those moderates, with the goal of abolition, but with his mind on the legal and practical issues that came with it, was called Abraham Lincoln.

And for his trouble he got a civil war and was shot dead. John Brown was right.

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You mean the same scumbag did ordered this? www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ex...

Dec. 26, 1862: Mass Execution of Dakota Indians

The mass execution of 38 Dakota Indians was ordered by President Abraham Lincoln.

The Emancipation Proclamation was very nearly unconstitutional and was not a "legal" nor "practical" way to do things.