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- Title
Lincoln and Colonization.
- Authors
Blackett, Richard
- Abstract
The article focuses on the support of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln for colonization, the act of removing emancipated people from the place of their enslavement. Lincoln believed that African-Americans were entitled to enjoy equal rights. However, these rights could never be fully achieved if they continued to settle in the U.S. Aside from this perception, he insisted that two races could not live together in terms of social and political equality. Having these concerns, he encouraged the blacks to leave the country and form their own society.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865; COLONIZATION; LAND settlement; AFRICAN Americans; EQUAL rights; CIVIL rights; LIBERTY; RACIAL attitudes of American presidents
- Publication
OAH Magazine of History, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 4, p19
- ISSN
0882-228X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/maghis/21.4.19