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

[RJNorton]

During the time Lincoln supported voluntary colonization he was not focused solely on Africa as a possible destination. As President, he looked at possible sites in Panama and Haiti. Neither idea worked out, though. The Panama idea never got off the ground and was dropped. Lincoln's other major colonization site involved Cow Island, off Haiti. Around 450 people sailed there late in 1862, but the plan did not work out (disease a major factor), and Lincoln sent a transport to bring the people back. I do not know what percentage of those that went were ex-slaves.

Congress had made $600,000 available to Lincoln to develop plans and implement colonization, but Lincoln spent only $38,000 of it. The idea was not a major focus of his as far as I can tell.