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Lincoln to slaves: go somewhere else
The issue of slavery divided the country under Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency. The national argument was simple: either keep slavery or abolish it. But Abraham Lincoln, known as the Great Emancipator, may have also been known as the Great Colonizer when he supported a third direction to the slavery debate: move African Americans somewhere else. Long before [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on December 1, 2010, under - Civil Rights, - Civil War, News and Events.
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