[ekoontz]

Lincoln seems like an odd choice for a libertarian role model. He suspended habeas corpus and expropriated the Southerners' private property (their slaves, plantations, etc). If he hadn't been assasinated, all of that plantation land would have likely have been divied up among the former slaves. Spreading the wealth, the horror!

[xname]

I don't think any libertarian would consider slaves as private property.

[ekoontz]

Fair enough. What about the plantation land? Fair game for redistribution to the slaves, or would that be a violation of the plantation owners' property rights?

[nospecinterests]

You, just like everyone else, would have no clue as to what might have happened if President Lincoln were to have not been murdered. For all we know he would have given it back or more likely sold it off to pay for the war debt.