, which will probably never end but in the extermination of the one or the other raceö (ôNotes on the State of Virginiaö).
Abraham Lincoln, known as the president who freed the slaves, shared JeffersonÆs concerns about blacks in America. In an 1854 speech, Lincoln argued against the morality of slavery (ôSpeech on Kansas-Nebraska Actö). But Lincoln also believed that blacks could not prosper as free people in the United States. His solution was their repatriation to Africa. In an 1862 message to Congress, Li
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