... belief that dismantling the institution of slavery wasn't possible without a legal basis. Lincoln was a member of the conservative Whig party which was partially influenced by his mentor Senator Henry Clay who devised the colonization idea. The Colonization Society supported the idea that Lincoln had, which was gradual emancipation, that slaveholders would be compensated for riding the problem of slavery and the ... ...

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