UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1986 · Q5(c) · 20 marks
‘If I could save the Union without freeing-any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.’ Comment
- Chapter
- Origins of Modern Politics
- Topic
- The American Civil War
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