• MKMuatra [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    uncommon for abolitionists to expect that they could just send the freed slaves “back to Africa”, too.

    Tried reading Lincoln's speeches to see why he's considered so good and apparently this was just his position. They uh left that part out in school

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      They also left out the part where he was more concerned about keeping the union together than freeing slaves.

    • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah that’s another thing Sakai brings up. Lincoln’s vp literally commented that Africans would be outcompeted by whites so it wasn’t anything to worry about

    • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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      2 years ago

      It wasn't just his position, he actually did send some folks. I know someone who doesn't have definitive proof, so grain of salt, but it's been folklore passed down through their family that it happened to one of their ancestors.