Lincoln was a racist: film severely distorts how slavery came to be abolished (suspect, radical)

[All American NYC]

Lincoln was — certainly by today’s standards — a racist who used the N-word liberally, who believed that whites were superior to blacks and who, having jumped on the emancipation bandwagon rather late in the day, wanted to pack the freed slaves off to hard new lives in plantations abroad. For the 13th Amendment, he points out, originated not with Lincoln but with a petition campaign by a formidable group of abolitionist feminists called the Women’s National Loyal League.Privately, he expressed his ‘dislike’ for it, but in public stressed that he didn’t want to abolish it, but only stop it from spreading. Preserving the Union, he said in a key speech, was far more important than emancipating slaves.

He really wanted to send all slaves back to Africa, but was assassinated before he could carry it out.

[gtc08]

ive heard varying things in regard to that. i dont think we'll ever know the truth

[HistorianDude]

We know the truth. There is little mystery here. The problem is that modern racists still hate Lincoln and will continue to try and discredit him until the sun burns out.

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

We know the truth. There is little mystery here. The problem is that modern racists still hate Lincoln and will continue to try and discredit him until the sun burns out.

Curious what's the truth as you see it?

[gtc08]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

We know the truth. There is little mystery here. The problem is that modern racists still hate Lincoln and will continue to try and discredit him until the sun burns out.

what is the truth

[All American NYC]

Waiting for truth?

[Old Gringo]

If that's the case, he'd be welcome in today's GOP.

[EdwardA]

Even if Lincoln wanted to send the slaves back to Africa, it's doubtful his own party which was far more "radical" in regards to the rights of Blacks than Lincoln would have went along with it. Not to mention the logistics of forcibly removing 4 million people most of them against their will. How was this relocation to occur and to where? I suspect the Africans would have a thing or two to say about relocation not to mention Britain and France.

This is a fantasy of revisionists.

[hoooka]

WTF does it mater? You have to take people in the time they were in. He did what most presidents would not have done and faught to make all people free. You would ***** if you were hung with a gold rope.

[carterstamp]

Really, and is OZ a real place.

Another atomic load of crapola from the Daily Mail..