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To: Pelham
This had been a goal of Lincoln's since the 1850s and he continued it while he was President

I realize that this conflicted with the preference of Lee and Davis and Jackson that the blacks remain as property, but just out of curiosity what was so evil about Lincoln's support of voluntary emigration? A lot of people supported it - Madison, Monroe, Breckenridge. Thanks to a Southern dominated Supreme Court, blacks were not and could never be citizens. In most Southern states they were forbidden to get an education or work in many occupations. So what was so wrong about giving them a chance to return to Africa - if they wanted to - and build a life free from the repression and racism that was rampant throughout the United States? Or are you serious in your belief that a life in bondage in the U.S. was better than a life of freedom in Africa?

71 posted on 02/02/2009 6:26:43 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

So, Non-Squirter, then are you advocating removing blacks from the United States like your hero Abe?


72 posted on 02/02/2009 6:32:30 PM PST by Pelham (Beheading is just a different way of expressing ones relational milieu)
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To: AuntB

Get a load of what N-S is promoting here.


73 posted on 02/02/2009 6:34:56 PM PST by Pelham (Beheading is just a different way of expressing ones relational milieu)
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