I Have a Few Questions

[Gene C]

(11-22-2012 03:26 AM)My Name Is Kate Wrote:  Did anyone ever think of asking the freed slaves if they wanted to remain in this country under Jim Crow laws, or would they rather be sent back to their countries of origin? And would their countries of origin have offered a better life for them, or worse, or would they have refused to take them back? I know it isn't fair to judge people from a different time period, by today's standards, but I'm having a problem understanding how anyone could have expected a good outcome from either retaining slavery, or abolishing it without granting equal rights and equal opportunity.

Lincoln was in favor of the government buying the slaves (cheaper than the cost of continuing the war) and then colonizing them to central america. It wasn't a well received idea. Many of the free (and slave) blacks considered this country to be their country too, and didn't want to leave.