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It is an interesting thought.

Lincoln was for it. He did not see how free slaves could ever be integrated into society. It was free black men who were afraid they would be forced to leave the wealth and position they had acquired in America that were against the freed slaves being sent to Liberia. There is evidence to suggest they lied to the slaves and told them that a trip to Liberia was a death sentence. You might say they were the original race hustlers.

Up until this point there was NO COUNTRY on the planet that had ever tried to integrate large numbers of freed slaves of another race into society. We are the first to do it. How do you think it has gone?

On one hand you can point to the many wonderful contributions blacks have made to the American experience. They have made positive scientific, industrial, artistic, cultural, and political contributions too numerous to list here.

On the other hand you can point to their failure to assimilate into “white” - really American - culture and their propensity to blame any slight or failure on racism. This has led to a strange dualism of demanding access to housing, jobs, and education while at the same time separating themselves.

Guilt has led the government to spend literally trillions of dollars on programs to improve housing, jobs, education, and general welfare for blacks with little to show for it. Instead of gratitude, blacks are now demanding millions of dollars PER PERSON as reparations and are creating false documentaries to brainwash Americans into believing a history that did not happen.

So forgive those that suggest that - possibly - we may have been better off if the freed slaves had taken up Lincoln’s offer to relocate to Liberia. I don’t know if that is the case...I think our troubles come from bad actors using avarice and envy to turn us against each other...but, just asking the question does not mean they are necessarily racist. Maybe they are just tired of being labeled the bad guy for something that happened nearly 150 years ago.