The Tyler Tribute is a newspaper in Tyler, Minnesota, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events. The newspaper is published once a week on Thursday. The Tribute covers Tyler and the surrounding communities of Lincoln County, Minnesota.
John Adams, on slavery, had written and said relatively little, but he was on the record as critical of the privileged Southern society whose power depended on human bondage.
Lincoln did not end slavery in America. Remember, well before Lincoln was ever born slavery was already illegal in many states, especially in New England. Also, the Constitution had already ended the slave trade by 1808. The famed Emancipation Proclamation, which Lincoln did issue, only declared slaves in rebel-held territory free, which was, in a practical sense, ineffectual. It also did not apply to Confederate territory already captured by Union forces.