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Lincoln’s racial attitudes were mainstream for his time. Lincoln was no more a racist than any American of his era and considerably less a racist than any of the southron slavers.

Very true. But how did he miss that a lot of African-Americans nowadays aren't that keen on Lincoln anyway? Nor is Lincoln "Obama's hero," though people and politicians from Illinois play up the Lincoln connection for all they can get from it.

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But how did he miss that a lot of African-Americans nowadays aren't that keen on Lincoln anyway?

How could Lincoln know that blacks would trade one form of democrat-sponsored slavery for another?