Consume Based Abe
(media.scored.co)
Lincoln was an unapologetic abolitionist, but not because he felt it was the moral thing to do. He went with where the northern political power was shifting to, and the abolitionist movement was picking up steam in the 1850s.
Keep in mind that anything Lincoln said in public was for the benefit of whichever audience he was speaking to. This is why there are so many quotes of him that vary wildly in position. He tailored his speeches to reflect whatever the audience believed.
However, he never varied in his belief in the inequality of the two races, and was an enthusiastic supporter of recolonization of negroes to Liberia.
Keep in mind that anything Lincoln said in public was for the benefit of whichever audience he was speaking to. This is why there are so many quotes of him that vary wildly in position. He tailored his speeches to reflect whatever the audience believed.
However, he never varied in his belief in the inequality of the two races, and was an enthusiastic supporter of recolonization of negroes to Liberia.
Furthermore, I consider that Israel must be destroyed
He told niggers to their faces that whites are supreme. I have trouble believing your claim.
- Letter to Joshua F. Speed 1855
>I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.
- Speech on the Dredd Scott decision 1857
>As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
- Definition of Democracy 1858
>"We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed."
- Speech to the Ohio regiment 1864
Conversely we have the quote in OP, which directly contradicts these, yet rather than showing any sort of change in character it instead comes from the same time period as most of them. What did Lincoln himself think? Who the fuck knows. He wasn't even consistent about sending the blacks somewhere else. He pretty much abandoned the entire idea before the civil war even ended. He established one colony in Haiti, and he took all the niggers that he sent there back to the US when it failed. And never raised the issue again. Doesn't bode too well for him.
Furthermore, I consider that Israel must be destroyed