Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Print this Page [1-1] of 1Posts from Future Subject, North American UnionFuture Subject, North American Union 1 Reply Future Subject, North American Union 8/17/14 re: Abraham Lincoln quote At the time, these views were not considered racist, at least not by the vast majority...although we believe them incorrect today, at the time they were considered "common knowledge". Lincoln was not a "closet racist"...he expressed his positions openly, and he probably would not have been seen as credible had he expressed any "hare-brained" ideas of racial equality. In fact, Lincoln was originally of the opinion that the only real way to address the "Negro" problem in America was to repatriate all the slaves back to Africa. This actually did reach the policy stage at one point with the creation of Liberia, but the effort ultimately failed due to the unwillingness of the freed slaves to voluntarily leave their adopted homeland, albeit one originally not of their own choosing. SaveOk2 Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print