After all, he was a Republican. Nevertheless, Obama likes to pretend that he’s the ideological heir of Abraham Lincoln.
One thing the author fails to mention is that when Lincoln freed the slaves, he wanted them sent back to Africa after the war. The nation of Liberia in West Africa was founded by emancipated slaves. Their official language is English, the capital is Monrovia (named for James Monroe), and the people have American names for the most part. That’s where Lincoln wanted to send them.
“...That’s where Lincoln wanted to send them.”
Didn’t he get the idea from Henry Clay?
According to whom and when? Lincoln had many ideas of what to do after the war. Voluntary colonization of freedmen in Haiti or Central America were possibilities for him. But by no means the only possibilities. His plan for the extension of voting rights to some African-Americans, and his meetings with Black leaders suggest that he accepted the presence of Blacks in the US. At any event, he didn't want to ship them all off to Africa.