[funsec] What Happened to The 56 Men Who Signed the Declarationof Independence ?

[Brian Loe]

Yes, but it was against Lincoln's own personal interests. Being a
racist himself he much preferred to ship them back to Africa or give
them their own state (which we would have eventually taken over and
thus placed them on "reservations", that's how we roll ;). I believe
the idea of giving them their own state was Lincoln's own idea, though
I can't be sure what text I garnered that information from now.

On 7/7/07, Dennis Henderson <hendomatic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Near the end of the war, abolitionists were concerned that the Emancipation
> Proclamation would be construed solely as a war act and thus no longer apply
> once fighting ended. They were also increasingly anxious to secure the
> freedom of all slaves, not just those freed by the Emancipation
> Proclamation. Thus pressed, Lincoln staked a large part of his 1864
> presidential campaign on a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery
> uniformly throughout the United States. Lincoln's campaign was bolstered by
> separate votes in both Maryland and Missouri to abolish slavery in those
> states. Maryland's new constitution abolishing slavery took effect in
> November 1864.
>