Lincoln the Colonizationist Part 2, with Phil Magness

Lincoln is idolized for the Emancipation Proclamation, but he also should be scrutinized for his support of the colonization of freed slaves.

 

“Lincoln was a proponent of gradual compensated emancipation. He hoped that between 1860 and 1900 that slavery would be eliminated. However, he wanted the dissolving of slavery to be tied to colonization abroad. He believed that slaves who would willingly move to the Caribbean and Central America would not only give the former slaves a place to go but would also strengthen America’s presence abroad.” Continue @libertarianism.org/