politicians recognize the power that his name still has and use it. and that vision of lincoln s of a generous, inclusive america has driven this country for more than 200 years. president lincoln not only understood the heart break of his country, he also understood the cost of san francisco. abraham lincoln signed the emancipation prock clamming and said and i quote if my name ever goes down in history it will be for this act. and my whole soul is in it. my whole soul is in it. generations of black people name their children lincoln because lincoln freed the slaves. but it s a lot more complicated than that. a lot of people think lincoln was a fiery opponent of slavery from the day he was born. that s not quite true. turns out a great way to the yang the rebellion is to yang the slaves out from under the enemies. and the guy was freeing the slaves and they d go back to africa. they don t tell you that in second grade. the sin of slavery loomed over ame