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Many Americans think of Abraham Lincoln, above all, as the president
who freed the slaves. Immortalized as the oGreat Emancipator,o he is
widely regarded as a champion of black freedom who supported social
equality of the races, and who fought the American Civil War to free
the slaves. While it is true that Lincoln regarded slavery as an evil
and harmful institution, it also true, as this paper will show, that
he shared the conviction of most Americans of his time, and of many
prominent statesmen before and after him, that blacks could not be
assimilated into white society. He rejected the notion of social
equality of the races, and held to the view that blacks should be
resettled abroad.
https://ihr.org/journal/v13n5p-4_Morgan.html
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