... emancipation would attract black into their communities, thus bringing crime, immorality, and economic dependence." Lincoln was in fact a great supporter of the idea of colonization for freed black and some might claim that he clung to this principle until it became nearly impossible. Belz also brings to ... cabinet, and read to them the Proclamation. (see Illustration 1.) It was Secretary of State Seward who stayed Lincoln's hand. "The very environment of stalemate that had provoked Lincoln to act might give the wrong meaning to emancipation; it would sound as if it were "our last shriek...

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