I Have a Few Questions

[Gene C]

(11-22-2012 12:16 PM)Mark MacKenzie Wrote:  ...

"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. "

Wasn't this an evolving process with Lincoln? Didn't he come to the conclusion that freed slaves should be given the right to vote, even before women were? So to say Lincoln was an advocate of colonization is true but only in a limited time period....

Hows that for a first post?

Greetings and Happy Holidays!

Like many social problems, what to do is easy compared with how to do it and dealing with the consequesnces once it's done. Lincoln showed he was willing to accept different ideas on dealing with the "how" and was willing to be flexable and compromise. You're right, it was an evolving position
A good first post and welcome.