President Lincoln and the Homestead Act

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The House of Representatives passed the Homestead Act by a vote of 107 to 16 on February 28, 1862. The Senate passed the Homestead Act by a vote of 33 to 7 on May 6, 1862.

To impose upon President Abraham Lincoln a failure to do right, as the New York Times editorial implies, is repugnant to my sense of "right and wrong."

The NYT has turned neo progressive, so no surprise. AL was a white man, that's enough for them to point at him. Plus he was born in poverty and managed to raise himself up, so it doesn't go with their "systematic white privilege" mantra.