Why Is the G.O.P. Fighting to Preserve Monuments to Traitors in the Capitol?

[RJNorton]

Just to clarify - Until c. 1863-1864 Abraham Lincoln supported voluntary colonization. No one would be forced to go; the only ones to go would be people who made their own choice to depart. Lincoln eventually backed off his support for colonization, and on July 1, 1864, Lincoln's secretary, John Hay, noted that Lincoln had "sloughed the idea of colonization."