In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories at the time, something which the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery.
Republicans supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories at the time and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. This was in the 1860 presidential election. Republicans were led by Abraham Lincoln. The time was something. The Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights this something.