This statement to me is not so much racist, but merely an opinion. Just because he does not think that whites and blacks should be completely equal, it doesn't mean that he did not have respect for both races. He did just as anyone would do for his own race. If Abe had been a black man then do you think he would be saying that the white man is superior to him? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Only a moron would even begin to think that a man of a specific race would down his race by giving another the upper hand... So when reading this a man of either race should be pleased because he is giving the black race as much credit as the black man would give a white one.... And PRINCESS.. God may not have written the Bible, but he did however inspire each and every word.