Lincoln wanted to send them back to Africa in a new Liberian colony. Lincoln may have been against slavery, but he sure as hell didnt see blacks as equals or wanted them to have the same rights. Everyone was racist back then. Not just the "southern democrats".

Lincoln wanted to send them back to Africa in a new Liberian colony. Lincoln may have been against slavery, but he sure as hell didnt see blacks as equals or wanted them to have the same rights. Everyone was racist back then. Not just the "south" or the "democrats".