How Did Abraham Lincoln's Assassination Unjust

On April 14, 1865, 16th president Abraham Lincoln was shot while he was watching a performance at Ford’s theater in Washington DC; the next day, April 15, 1865, he died in Petersen House. Though this happened over 100 years ago, people still believe that there was just from the assassination. Even through his election was a thing that led into the civil war, he was an important figure in history, which still affects us today. I believe that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was unjust because he was against slavery and he led the union through the Civil War, however others think he caused the southern states to secede.

On August 27, 1858, there was an argument called the “Lincoln-Douglas Debate.” Lincoln said, “I confess I would be exceedingly glad to see Congress abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, and, in the language of Henry Clay, "sweep from our capital that foul blot upon our nation."” (Lincoln 1). This is proof he was against slavery. In this debate, he speaks on his beliefs on the Fugitive Slave Law, the end of slave trade throughout states, and the abolition of slavery in D.C.(District Columbia). Two years later, he was elected the 16th president of the U.S., which was the start of the civil war.
“Union troops at Fort Sumter were attacked in 1861, and Lincoln sent reinforcements to South Carolina. Thus, the Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy began. The war lasted until 1865, when Ulysses S. Grant received the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House in Virginia” (Badertscher 1). During this time was when he led the Union through the Civil War. When he was first elected, the people in the south didn't want him as president, so they began seceding, beginning with South