Bye Bye Lincoln Statue; He didn’t believe black people should have the same rights as white people

UPDATED:JUN 8, 2020ORIGINAL:SEP 21, 2012
5 Things You May Not Know About Abraham Lincoln, Slavery and Emancipation
The 16th U.S. president was firm in believing slavery was morally wrong, but his views on racial equality were sometimes more complicated.
SARAH PRUITT
buveryさんがリツイート

それでは皆さん、「白人と黒人は同じ権利を持つべきではない」と考えていた第16代アメリカ合衆国大統領リンカーンを記念している、首都ワシントンDCのリンカーン記念堂が焼き討ちされたら、起こして下さいませ。https://t.co/XcA8onpQQs https://t.co/jHt4BcQG4S

— 未識魚 /中川譲 @ 小麦粉本が出来ました (@mishiki) June 11, 2020

2. Lincoln didn’t believe black people should have the same rights as white people.
Though Lincoln argued that the founding fathers’ phrase “All men are created equal” applied to black and white people alike, this did not mean he thought they should have the same social and political rights

In their fourth debate, at Charleston, Illinois, on September 18, 1858, Lincoln made his position clear. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races,”