Assignment:
President Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln advocated colonizing blacks outside the United States. He told a group of African American Leaders, "Your race suffers greatly, many of them, by living among us, while others suffer from your presence. In a word, we suffer on each side. If this is admitted, it affords a reason why we should be separated." First, where did Abraham Lincoln want to colonize blacks outside the United States? Why these locations? Explain his quote stated above, what do you think he meant? How realistic was his colonization plan? What does this plan say about Abraham Lincoln? Should African Americans revere him as "The Great Emancipator?" Finally, do you think Lincoln's views changed between 1860 and 1865?
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Why were whites fearful of slave insurrections in the South? If whites were so fearful of slaves, why did they allow them to do work under the Confederate Army? Explain. In addition, what was the debate amongst the Confederates States to arm the black's slaves? What were positive and negative arguments for the enlistment of black's slaves as soldiers? Explain. Why would any slave fight for the Confederate Army? Explain.
Assignment should be at least 3 pages long (via a Word Document), double-spaced in a 12 point font.