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Why did US President Lincoln meet with a leading group of former slaves and Afro-Americans from the North?
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∙ 8y ago
In mid-August of 1862 US President Lincoln meets with a group of leading former slaves and free Afro-Americans in Washington DC. Lincoln urges this group to consider his plan for sending freed salves and Northern Blacks to a colony. Colonization of former slaves to Africa is still part of Lincoln's plans to help solve the slavery problem. He believes that Blacks will be better off ruling themselves in a colony. He does not mention his emancipation plans.
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∙ 6y agoUsing the terminology of the 1860's President Lincoln meets with a "Deputation of Negroes" to persuade them to sign on to his plan of colonizing free Blacks somewhere in tropical South America. Quite tersely and coldly he declared that the racial differences between Blacks and Whites was deeper than between any other pair of races. Lincoln declared that the health of both races required their permanent separation. Lincoln believed that if Blacks sought equality within the USA, rather than taking his offer of relocation was "selfish".
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Who lobbied former President Lincoln to allow African Americans to participate in the war?
Frederick Douglas, among others, lobbied President Lincoln to form regiments of African Americans. (Lincoln died in office. He never became a "former president.")
What was president Lincoln's former slaves name?
He NEVER had slaves.
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Andrew Johnson
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Adham lincoln
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Andrew Johnson ( 1808-1875) - Former office - Vice-President
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The Lincoln Memorial includes a statue of Abraham Lincoln.
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I recently viewed a montage of former president, Abraham Lincoln.
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Andrew Johnson 1865
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It was easier on former confederate states
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It was easier on former confederate states
How was President Andrew Johnson's plan for the South different from Lincoln's?
It was easier on former confederate states
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Al Gore
