NYTimes Charles Blow Opinion

[David Lockmiller]

This from the Los Angeles Times of April 1, 2001 titled
"Abe Lincoln and the Truth Get Mugged At The Click Of A Mouse"
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-...story.html

I could not log in without a subscription to the LA Times.

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David, I can save you a trip to the library. Here is the McPherson article:

Thanks again, Roger, for posting this.

I would highly recommend reading this article by Professor James McPherson on the "Abolitionist and Negro Opposition to Colonization During the Civil War." (see Roger's post above)

It is concise, informative, and very-well written.

The discussion of the August 14, 1862 meeting at the White House begins at the bottom of page 394 and ends at the bottom of page 396. No mention is made of the "We" letter, as if the episode were a complete fiction.

The article ended with this summary of the situation:

"Lincoln, Blair, and others believed that the two races could never live together peacefully in freedom. They thought Negroes would prefer to emigrate rather than remain in America as second-class citizens. Abolitionists, on the other hand, not only believed that the races could live together peacefully in freedom, but that Negroes would prefer to remain in their native land and struggle their way upward to equality. In this they were right." (p. 399)