<span>Prior to the Civil War, Lincoln in the union did not object to slavery. Their objection was to the separation of the union, and was willing to keep slaves as slaves or free them if that meant that in the end, the union will remain unified. But as the Civil War progress, Lincoln and the union began to acknowledge that slavery should be abolished, and that slaves should be free. This is when Lincoln finally took a position of opposition to slavery which led to his drafting of the Emancipation Proclamation.</span>
Portuguese--Brazil was the only land the Portuguese held in the New World.
<span>He was killed there.--He was killed in battle in the Philippines
200 (?)--it is actually over 200 that were killed. The ship began with 270 people and returned to Spain with 18 people. </span><span />
Answer:
Minerva, in Roman religion, the goddess of handicrafts, the professions, the arts, and, later, war; she was commonly identified with the Greek Athena. Some scholars believe that her cult was that of Athena introduced at Rome from Etruria.
