Tom Jefferson was mostly referring to white males.
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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.
To reinforce America's stance as a global superpower as a force not to be reckoned with- as it was a huge show of force.
