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“The Lincoln cult is almost an American religion. It has its high priest in the form of Lincoln “authorities” and its worshipers in the thousands of fans...the Lincoln birthplace in Kentucky, the memorial in Washington, the tomb in Illinois have become national shrines visited by thousands each week.”
-David Donald Lincoln Reconsidered
“Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own priests and acolytes, most of whom . . . are passionately opposed to anybody telling the truth about him . . . with rare exceptions, you can’t believe what any major Lincoln scholar tells you about Abraham Lincoln and race.”
–Lerone Bennett, Jr., Forced into Glory, p. 114
“Lincoln was the most-hated president of all time during his own lifetime...The fact that he is now the most revered of all American presidents is a result of the work of generations of court historians and statist apologists who have literally rewritten American history in the same manner that the Soviets rewrote Russian history to consolidate their political power”.
- Thomas J Dilorenzo Lincoln The Great Centralizer
“A biography of Lincoln witch told the truth about him would probley have great difficulty in finding a publisher.”
-Historian Ira Cardiff
In poll after poll Lincoln is regarded as our best and most beloved president. Today he is seen by both democrats and republicans as our greatest president. The republicans especially seem to almost worship Lincoln as the founder of the republican party. This I believe is because most people are taught the Lincoln of myth, that he was a strong abolitionist, a champion of racial equality, the great emancipator, the Lincoln of myth went to war to free the slaves. Lincoln saved the republic, he did not violate but upheld the constitution. The Lincoln of myth was a kind, warmhearted, caring person and a great leader who united and led America to greatness.
So not only what is known of him is false or misleading, the many negatives are generally unknown as well. These negatives are much larger than the common public receives through government textbooks and media. So what was a very unpopular president at his time, filtered though media and government education, you get a near demi-god like president worthy of a statue in Washington, his birthday still celebrated as a national holiday, his face our money and carved into Mt Rushmore , our single greatest president, the myth of Abraham Lincoln.
“Americans have been progressive dubbed down about Lincoln thanks to the avalanche of myths, superstitions, and propaganda produced by generations of “Lincoln scholars.”
-Thomas j Diolernzo Forward to Lincoln as he really was
Was Lincoln a Friend of Blacks?
“No one has understood this better than the educated negroes... that Lincoln was not, above all other things, the liberator of the colored race”
-Roy Basler The Lincoln legend 1935
“He never contemplated with any degree of substantiation the prospect of a free negro race living in the same country as a free white race.”
-- Roy Basler Lincoln Authority
“All de slaves hate de Yankees an when de southern soldiers came late in de night all de [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]s got out of de bed an holdin torches high dey march behin de soldiers, all of dem singing We'll hang Abe Lincoln on de Sour Apple Tree. yes mam, dey wuz sorry dat dey wuz freeman' dey ain't got no reason tu be glad, case dey wuz happier den dan now”
-Alice Baugh Former slave North Carolina Slave Narratives
Lincoln Fighter of Equality? Or White Supremacist
“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races -- that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”
-Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln-Douglas Debate Charleston, Illinois
“I agree with Judge Douglas he [African Americans] is not my equal in many respects certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment.”
-Abraham Lincoln 1858 Response to Supreme court Dread Scott ruling
The Lincoln of myth is viewed as a friend to blacks and equality to all. Yet He was a white supremacist who viewed blacks as a inferior race, the inferiority of Mexicans and Indians, and the removal of natives from their lands. Lincoln rather compulsively used the N-word both in private and public, was a huge fan of "black face" minstrel shows, was famous for his racist jokes; and many of his White House appointees were shocked at his racist language. According to African American historian Lerone Bennett, Jr In his book Forced into Glory Abraham Lincoln's White Dream. Lincoln stated publicly that "America was made for the White people and not for the Negroes" he called the declaration of independence “The white man's charter of freedom” and At least twenty-one times Lincoln said publicly that he was opposed to equal rights for Blacks. He said he was against equal rights for negroes because “My own feeling will not admit this. [ negro equality]” He spoke often of “slaves as cattle.”
“Lincoln never pretended to be a racial liberal or a social innovator. He said repeatedly , in public and in private, that he believed in white supremacy”
- Lerone Bennett JR Forced into Glory Abraham Lincolns White dream
“Free them and make them politically and socially our equals? My own feelings will not admit of this . . . . We cannot then make them equals”
-Abraham Lincoln The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
He feared whites and blacks interbreeding and on June 26 1857 he was “Horrified at the thought of the mixing blood by the white and black races” saying and god has “made us separate” from the black race. Lincolns friend Ward Lamon said “In words and deeds postponed the interests of the blacks to the interest of the whites, and expressly subordinated the one to the other.” African American and former slave Fredrick Douglass at one time said Lincoln had “contempt for the negro”.
“Lincoln was not either our man or our model...in his interests, associations, thoughts and in his prejudices, he was a white man. Entirely devoted to the welfare of white men”
-Fredrick Douglass speech given years after Lincolns Assassination.
Lincoln In Illinois
“I tell him very frankly that I am not in favor of negro citizenship”
-Abraham Lincoln
“I will to the very last stand by the law of this state[ Illinois], which forbids the marrying of white people with Negroes.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Over two decades in the state of Illinois as a lawyer and politician he never once said a word in favor of abolitionist, the abolish movement, or black rights. He never spoke out against the many unjust laws of the state that did not allow blacks to gather in large numbers, learn to read, or even play percussion instruments. In 1848 he supported the Illinois state law of not allowing any blacks to migrate to the state and not allowing blacks citizenship. Abolitionist and even a southern newspapers spoke out against the law. 1836 Tuesday Jan 5 Lincoln was among the voters 36-16 to not allow blacks the right to vote. He voted for a state law that taxed blacks without representation. On may 15 1840 Lincoln attacked Martin Van buren for his support for NY free Negroes the right to vote. In 1858 Lincoln refused to sigh a bill that would allow blacks to testify against whites in court.
“His democracy... was a white mans democracy. It did not contain negroes”
-Oscar Sherwin
Lincoln helped in court defend the fugitive slave law, while abolitionist in the 50's were condemning the fugitive slave laws. Between 1854-1860 Lincoln publically supported the laws fugitive slave laws 20 times. On August 28 1854 in Carrolton Illinois Lincoln even spoke “Against the repeal of the fugitive slave law”. Later in his Peoria speech he denied that he ever asked for a repeal or modification of the law. Lincoln went so far as to write letters to republicans in other states, supporting the fugitive slave law. Nathaniel Stevens said Lincoln had a “Whole hearted one might say, serene, support of the fugitive slave law”.
Abolitionist Republicans in Davenport Iowa said Lincoln “Clogged and inbeded the wheels and movements of the revolution.” In 1848 in a speech in Massachusetts Lincoln said “I have heard you have abolitionist here. We have a few in Illinois and we shot one the other day”. [Referring to death of Elijah Lovejoy] Whitney said he “Abhorred abolitionist” Ward Lamon said he was “Steady though quietly opponent of abolitionist”. He went to great lengths to dissociate himself from the abolitionist movement of the state. Donald Riddle a authority on Lincoln said “he did not make any attempt to advocate or support anti slavery or abolitionist messages”. In 1855 Elected officials like Owen Lovejoy gave abolitionist speeches, meanwhile at the same time Lincoln was endorsing shipping free blacks to Africa. Lovejoy said he would not obey the Fugitive slave law that Lincoln had supported. 36 speeches were given while Lincoln was in Illinois about slavery, not one was by Lincoln.
“Wherin did he show himself radical?[abolitionist] What new measure did he start? where did he show progress?”
-“Long John” Wentworth a Illinois abolitionist said of Lincoln
”Slavery will be as safe, and safer, in the union under such a president, than it can be under any president of a southern confederacy”
-Fredrick Douglass on the election of Abraham Lincoln 1860
-David Donald Lincoln Reconsidered
“Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own priests and acolytes, most of whom . . . are passionately opposed to anybody telling the truth about him . . . with rare exceptions, you can’t believe what any major Lincoln scholar tells you about Abraham Lincoln and race.”
–Lerone Bennett, Jr., Forced into Glory, p. 114
“Lincoln was the most-hated president of all time during his own lifetime...The fact that he is now the most revered of all American presidents is a result of the work of generations of court historians and statist apologists who have literally rewritten American history in the same manner that the Soviets rewrote Russian history to consolidate their political power”.
- Thomas J Dilorenzo Lincoln The Great Centralizer
“A biography of Lincoln witch told the truth about him would probley have great difficulty in finding a publisher.”
-Historian Ira Cardiff
In poll after poll Lincoln is regarded as our best and most beloved president. Today he is seen by both democrats and republicans as our greatest president. The republicans especially seem to almost worship Lincoln as the founder of the republican party. This I believe is because most people are taught the Lincoln of myth, that he was a strong abolitionist, a champion of racial equality, the great emancipator, the Lincoln of myth went to war to free the slaves. Lincoln saved the republic, he did not violate but upheld the constitution. The Lincoln of myth was a kind, warmhearted, caring person and a great leader who united and led America to greatness.
So not only what is known of him is false or misleading, the many negatives are generally unknown as well. These negatives are much larger than the common public receives through government textbooks and media. So what was a very unpopular president at his time, filtered though media and government education, you get a near demi-god like president worthy of a statue in Washington, his birthday still celebrated as a national holiday, his face our money and carved into Mt Rushmore , our single greatest president, the myth of Abraham Lincoln.
“Americans have been progressive dubbed down about Lincoln thanks to the avalanche of myths, superstitions, and propaganda produced by generations of “Lincoln scholars.”
-Thomas j Diolernzo Forward to Lincoln as he really was
Was Lincoln a Friend of Blacks?
“No one has understood this better than the educated negroes... that Lincoln was not, above all other things, the liberator of the colored race”
-Roy Basler The Lincoln legend 1935
“He never contemplated with any degree of substantiation the prospect of a free negro race living in the same country as a free white race.”
-- Roy Basler Lincoln Authority
“All de slaves hate de Yankees an when de southern soldiers came late in de night all de [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]s got out of de bed an holdin torches high dey march behin de soldiers, all of dem singing We'll hang Abe Lincoln on de Sour Apple Tree. yes mam, dey wuz sorry dat dey wuz freeman' dey ain't got no reason tu be glad, case dey wuz happier den dan now”
-Alice Baugh Former slave North Carolina Slave Narratives
Lincoln Fighter of Equality? Or White Supremacist
“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races -- that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”
-Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln-Douglas Debate Charleston, Illinois
“I agree with Judge Douglas he [African Americans] is not my equal in many respects certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment.”
-Abraham Lincoln 1858 Response to Supreme court Dread Scott ruling
The Lincoln of myth is viewed as a friend to blacks and equality to all. Yet He was a white supremacist who viewed blacks as a inferior race, the inferiority of Mexicans and Indians, and the removal of natives from their lands. Lincoln rather compulsively used the N-word both in private and public, was a huge fan of "black face" minstrel shows, was famous for his racist jokes; and many of his White House appointees were shocked at his racist language. According to African American historian Lerone Bennett, Jr In his book Forced into Glory Abraham Lincoln's White Dream. Lincoln stated publicly that "America was made for the White people and not for the Negroes" he called the declaration of independence “The white man's charter of freedom” and At least twenty-one times Lincoln said publicly that he was opposed to equal rights for Blacks. He said he was against equal rights for negroes because “My own feeling will not admit this. [ negro equality]” He spoke often of “slaves as cattle.”
“Lincoln never pretended to be a racial liberal or a social innovator. He said repeatedly , in public and in private, that he believed in white supremacy”
- Lerone Bennett JR Forced into Glory Abraham Lincolns White dream
“Free them and make them politically and socially our equals? My own feelings will not admit of this . . . . We cannot then make them equals”
-Abraham Lincoln The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
He feared whites and blacks interbreeding and on June 26 1857 he was “Horrified at the thought of the mixing blood by the white and black races” saying and god has “made us separate” from the black race. Lincolns friend Ward Lamon said “In words and deeds postponed the interests of the blacks to the interest of the whites, and expressly subordinated the one to the other.” African American and former slave Fredrick Douglass at one time said Lincoln had “contempt for the negro”.
“Lincoln was not either our man or our model...in his interests, associations, thoughts and in his prejudices, he was a white man. Entirely devoted to the welfare of white men”
-Fredrick Douglass speech given years after Lincolns Assassination.
Lincoln In Illinois
“I tell him very frankly that I am not in favor of negro citizenship”
-Abraham Lincoln
“I will to the very last stand by the law of this state[ Illinois], which forbids the marrying of white people with Negroes.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Over two decades in the state of Illinois as a lawyer and politician he never once said a word in favor of abolitionist, the abolish movement, or black rights. He never spoke out against the many unjust laws of the state that did not allow blacks to gather in large numbers, learn to read, or even play percussion instruments. In 1848 he supported the Illinois state law of not allowing any blacks to migrate to the state and not allowing blacks citizenship. Abolitionist and even a southern newspapers spoke out against the law. 1836 Tuesday Jan 5 Lincoln was among the voters 36-16 to not allow blacks the right to vote. He voted for a state law that taxed blacks without representation. On may 15 1840 Lincoln attacked Martin Van buren for his support for NY free Negroes the right to vote. In 1858 Lincoln refused to sigh a bill that would allow blacks to testify against whites in court.
“His democracy... was a white mans democracy. It did not contain negroes”
-Oscar Sherwin
Lincoln helped in court defend the fugitive slave law, while abolitionist in the 50's were condemning the fugitive slave laws. Between 1854-1860 Lincoln publically supported the laws fugitive slave laws 20 times. On August 28 1854 in Carrolton Illinois Lincoln even spoke “Against the repeal of the fugitive slave law”. Later in his Peoria speech he denied that he ever asked for a repeal or modification of the law. Lincoln went so far as to write letters to republicans in other states, supporting the fugitive slave law. Nathaniel Stevens said Lincoln had a “Whole hearted one might say, serene, support of the fugitive slave law”.
Abolitionist Republicans in Davenport Iowa said Lincoln “Clogged and inbeded the wheels and movements of the revolution.” In 1848 in a speech in Massachusetts Lincoln said “I have heard you have abolitionist here. We have a few in Illinois and we shot one the other day”. [Referring to death of Elijah Lovejoy] Whitney said he “Abhorred abolitionist” Ward Lamon said he was “Steady though quietly opponent of abolitionist”. He went to great lengths to dissociate himself from the abolitionist movement of the state. Donald Riddle a authority on Lincoln said “he did not make any attempt to advocate or support anti slavery or abolitionist messages”. In 1855 Elected officials like Owen Lovejoy gave abolitionist speeches, meanwhile at the same time Lincoln was endorsing shipping free blacks to Africa. Lovejoy said he would not obey the Fugitive slave law that Lincoln had supported. 36 speeches were given while Lincoln was in Illinois about slavery, not one was by Lincoln.
“Wherin did he show himself radical?[abolitionist] What new measure did he start? where did he show progress?”
-“Long John” Wentworth a Illinois abolitionist said of Lincoln
”Slavery will be as safe, and safer, in the union under such a president, than it can be under any president of a southern confederacy”
-Fredrick Douglass on the election of Abraham Lincoln 1860