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As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that slaves ... those slaves living in states not under Union control. William Seward, Lincoln's secretary of state, commented, "We show our symapthy ...

William H. Seward, who continued as Secretary of State ... cost us the life of Abraham Lincoln." The rival parties of the Reconstruction era were not, of course, historians quibbling over a ...

One political figure who forms a lesser-known part of the story is William H ... death of the president. Seward served as the Secretary of State during Abraham Lincoln's presidency.