General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Gaffer the Manchester mill workers supported the North and the abolitionist in the US civil war. At great costs to themselves.

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2013/feb/04/lincoln-oscars-manchester-cotton-abraham

That's what I call self sacrifice.

There is a statue in Manchester to commenorate this.

https://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/statues/lincoln.html