Does anybody know what Lincoln's views on the Black Codes in the north were, particularly those of his home states of Illinois and Indiana? The racists viewst that he expressed in the Lincoln-Douglass Debates might certainly be able to be excused away as products of his time, but support, if there was any, of the Black Codes wouldn't.
Ah yes, the Lincoln cult double think- Lincoln supported Black Codes, deporting blacks, used the word nigger etc etc Because he was worried about his image! He didn't want to come of as PC and therefore lose support! But then he was willing to fight a difficult, extremely risky, and very unpopular war to free the slaves because he cared so much about equality!
do we get free cheezeburger in socielism?
I don't mean to be nit picky, but is there proof that he supported the Black Codes? I've certainly never come across any proof that he didn't, but I've also never come across proof that he did. An absence of proof is not proof of anything.
It would be great if there was some kind of legislative record that showed him supporting the Black Codes of Illinois. It would be great if htere was some kind of record of some speech wherein he expressed support for the Black Codes of Illinois or other states (that bit of his in the first Ottawa debate with Judge Douglas about blacks having the same right to eat what they produce while they were unable to legally live, work, or own anything in many states is priceless, IMO).
Also, I wouldn't necessarily consider his, or anybody's at that time, use of the word nigger to be indicative of any animosity towards blacks as it was customary at that time to refer to blacks in a way that many today would consider to be derogatory? Unless I'm mistaken about the widespread customs of that time?
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