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How did "Moderate Republicans" in 1861 expect the Civil War to end? Did normal voters actually think Slavery would still exist after a full secession war to maintain it was put down, just with Slave owners lacking their outsized power and expansionism?

by /u/Basilikon in /r/AskHistorians

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