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President Lincoln Urged Blacks To Emigrate To Africa On This Day In 1862
A delegation of freed Blacks met with President Abraham Lincoln (pictured) on this day in 1862, the first group of Blacks to ever confer with a sitting U.S. president regarding matters of policy. At the time, President Lincoln urged that Blacks should emigrate to Africa in a bid to colonize, which angered many freed Blacks…
