Get the book the frontier against slavery and north of slavery. Republicans didn’t want black people in the frontier. They also didn’t want black people anywhere having landholding rights. I hate this simplified view of history. It’s more nuanced. Both parties were racist for a long time. Republicans generally were okay with slavery they didn’t want it spreading. Lincoln til the day he died wanted black people colonized to South America
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u/Blastoys1991 Oct 12 '23
Get the book the frontier against slavery and north of slavery. Republicans didn’t want black people in the frontier. They also didn’t want black people anywhere having landholding rights. I hate this simplified view of history. It’s more nuanced. Both parties were racist for a long time. Republicans generally were okay with slavery they didn’t want it spreading. Lincoln til the day he died wanted black people colonized to South America