B) Lenient
He didn't want to be so harsh, and knew they only were being mislead from the rich people making free labor off the slaves. Most of the confederates fighting hardly had slaves and barely shared any "racist pride". So Lincoln was Lenient.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
they where already Antiwar protesters and Antiwar officials wouldn't go against someone who is believing the same thing as them.
but if you where doing Edge. then the answer is as well the same.
They held the perspective that they were all just inhabitants that were wild and crazy, that's why most advertisements back then were racist, making the natives seem like animals.