“I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.”
About This Quote
Lincoln's Second Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862. He makes it clear he would rather repatriate ex-slaves to African colonies than to integrate them into the Union after the war.
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