lol, He was experimenting with a project in Haiti throughout most of 1863...
Quote President Lincoln. There are no statements from him on colonization yay or nay at all after 1/1/63.
Walt
Actions speak louder than words. Throughout most of 1863 and early 1864 he had a test colony going in Haiti. Lincoln did cancel the first contract with Benard Kock, something revisionists love to point out, but they always fail to mention that it was immediately replaced by another contract with 2 of his partners, Forbes and Tuckerman. A few lines were added to the second contract to ensure the colony's performance prior to the Government having to pay $ 50.00 per head to the promoters and then it was executed, in April of 1863. The ship with the first group of black colonists left Fortress Monroe, New York onboard the ship 'Ocean Ranger' on April 13, 1863. Disease and poor management caused the colony to fail, and in February 1864, following an investigation into the colony's conditions by the Secretary of the Interior, Lincoln ordered a US Navy ship to go there and bring back any that wanted to return. By then the radicals were already well into the process of shutting down his colonization programs. Lincoln didn't give up on the idea, he was stopped cold in his tracks by the radicals. His colonization efforts were ongoing up until the very moment the radicals pulled the plug on him.