[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Right. Insane is what it was. But that was Lincoln's life long vision for solving the negro question.

While the vision of most southern leaders was that there was no question at all. Negro slaves were their property and that was the end of it.

[SeeSharp]

While the vision of most southern leaders was that there was no question at all. Negro slaves were their property and that was the end of it.

How is that worse than Lincoln's plan? His plan was to deport them all back to Africa where most of them would surely die. At least those southerners who did foresee the end of slavery envisioned the western territories as the solution (an idea viscerally opposed by Lincoln).