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if lincoln would have lived there likely would be NO Blacks or Indians (and perhaps no Jews, Asians or Latinos either) in the USA.

lincoln, the TYRANT, hated and feared "persons of colour".

"reconstruction" under a healthy lincoln might well have been an ETHNIC CLEANSING.

after all he had said (reference the Amerindians) that the "savages must be driven from our dominions OR exterminated".

lincoln wanted the USA to be a "white man's country".

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98 posted on 03/17/2006 2:42:32 PM PST by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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(Psst. Your mouth is foaming.)


101 posted on 03/17/2006 2:51:45 PM PST by Heyworth
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after all he had said (reference the Amerindians) that the "savages must be driven from our dominions OR exterminated".

Where? In one of those secret letters you claim to have seen during your imaginary "graduate school days"?

102 posted on 03/17/2006 2:53:07 PM PST by Heyworth
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To: stand watie

There was an Indian uprising here in the upper midwest. Many many indians were to be hanged. Lincoln stepped in, and in an extremely unpopular move, pardoned all but a few leaders.


111 posted on 03/17/2006 4:38:07 PM PST by tkathy (Ban the headscarf (http://bloodlesslinchpinsofislamicterrorism.blogspot.com))
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To: stand watie
Lincoln met with Frederick Douglass and other African-American leaders in the White House on numerous occasions. Contrast that with the behavior of other American leaders of his era, and later.

Whatever the prejudices about Blacks that Lincoln shared with his fellow countrymen in 1860, by the standards of his day, he wasn't especially bigoted or negrophobic. He demonstrated an openness to change and experience during his presidency.

Consider his late speech supporting the extension of the right to vote to "qualified" Blacks. That might not seem like much today, but considering the times and Lincoln's earlier views it was quite a step.

Of course Lincoln died before he could implement reconstruction so we can't say what he would have done, but given your record of making things up and lying, it's hard to give much credence to your opinions.

137 posted on 03/18/2006 12:12:23 PM PST by x
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