
“Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.”
1860s, Second State of the Union address (1862)
Inaugural address (1889)
Context: Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang upon the skirts of progress? How long will those who rejoice that slavery no longer exists cherish or tolerate the incapacities it put upon their communities? I look hopefully to the continuance of our protective system and to the consequent development of manufacturing and mining enterprises in the States hitherto wholly given to agriculture as a potent influence in the perfect unification of our people. The men who have invested their capital in these enterprises, the farmers who have felt the benefit of their neighborhood, and the men who work in shop or field will not fail to find and to defend a community of interest.
“Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.”
1860s, Second State of the Union address (1862)
The War — Its Cause and Cure http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?documentprint=577 (3 May 1861)
Letter to his father (27 November 1861)
1860s
Context: My inclination is to whip the rebellion into submission, preserving all Constitutional rights. If it cannot be whipped any other way than through a war against slavery, let it come to to that legitimately. If it is necessary that slavery should fall that the Republic may continue its existence, let slavery go.
To Otto von Bismarck in June 1878, as quoted in Around the World with General Grant http://www.granthomepage.com/grantslavery.htm (1879), by John Russell Young, The American News Company, New York, vol. 7, p. 416.
1870s, Around the World with General Grant (1879)
Source: Europe and the People Without History, 1982, Chapter 11, The Movement of Commodities, p. 316.
Documentary films, America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014)
Source: Books, America: Imagine a World without Her (2014), Ch. 1