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Lincoln's protege Clay had been president of the American Colonization Association (ACS), founded in 1816 with the purchase of present-day Liberia.

In 1862, Lincoln invited some free black men to his "Address on Colonization to a Committee of Colored Men, Washington, D.C."

In an effort to get them to "lead by example", he informed them that, at his request, a sum of money had been appropriated by Congress "for the purpose of aiding the colonization in some country of the people, or portion of them, of African descent . . ."

Abolitionist Garrison and Fred Douglas came out against the proposal and the idea was dropped.

Even the Claremont guys agree Lincoln supported this plan for a while, though the rationalize it by saying "his heart was in the right place" and that others such as Clay supported similar plans.

I found an interesting link to the African American Mosiac, but it conveniently excludes any reference to Lincoln, though Clay, Liberia, Haiti, and the ACS are mentioned.

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Fun times SB.

Been awhile since I've been on one.

I notice some retreads with new monikers. I think "Salt, Sult, LLan DDeussant, Dutch Comfort and the Thaddeus Stevens worship society are here.

"Thad?, if you are here, give me a sign.

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Lincoln stood ready to assist those who wanted to go, and perhaps thought that life in Africa would be preferable to life as free men and women in racist America. But you have to admit that that's a far cry from Jesup's claim that Lincoln wanted to send all free blacks back to Africa.