Slavery was going to die eventually anyways. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson agreed to this and even stated that slavery was an "unfortunate inheritance." the problem with the way abolitionists wanted to free slaves was the fact that there would be mass poverty. Slavery wasn't something that could be ended over night and everything be fine. Contrary to popular belief many Southerners wanted this same thing. the U.K. was an anti-slavery country, the U.K. also was very close to joining in the war on the side of south, it wasn't until then that Lincoln came up with the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln did not adhere to the Constitution, even though slavery is wrong Lincoln was still a failure as a U.S. President and successful as a dictator. I highly recommend reading The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War. Would you rather something be politically correct or the truth?