“Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged - or required, in some people's view - required to leave the country. It's part of an attitude toward the abolition of slavery which says America should not be a slave society, but it can never be a multiracial society. You can never have free black and white people living together.” PeopleShouldIdeasCountryTogetherAmericaBlackWhiteViewsAttitudeSlaverySlaveAfrican AmericanBlack And WhiteAbolitionMultiracialColonizationBe A SlaveBe EncouragedLiving TogetherAbolition Of Slavery Author:Eric Foner
“Lincoln has accepted America as a biracial society. He's talking about giving at least some black men the right to vote. In the Emancipation Proclamation he advises some blacks to labor faithfully for reasonable wages, here in the United States. He doesn't say anything about them leaving the country. He puts black men in the army. That is a whole different vision than simply saying "let's have them go out of the country." I think what's interesting is the change in Lincoln's view, but one must realize that he did adhere to this idea of colonization for many years.” ThinkingMenGivingYearsIdeasDifferentCountryStatesWholeAmericaBlackRealizingInterestingUnitedViewsTalkingVisionUnited StatesLaborVoteArmyLeavingAcceptedReasonableSay AnythingWagesAdviseEmancipationRight To VoteBiracialColonizationProclamationEmancipation ProclamationLeaving The Country Author:Eric Foner
“There are those who view the abolitionists as just maniacs, apolitical fanatics who helped to cause the war, and Lincoln is the model of responsible statesmanship. I think that is a misconception, the idea that Lincoln knows what's possible and the abolitionists don't.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasWarCausesViewsModelsResponsibleFanaticsMisconceptionManiacsStatesmanshipAbolitionistApolitical Author:Eric Foner
“Look, Mrs. McGillicuddy, it's not my fault your son jumped out a dorm room window on Christmas eve. I've written over fifty books as a Columbia professor, all right? You don't do that by holding hands with every at-risk undergraduate who says he's homesick, or he's turning gay, or the dog ate his term paper. I write about Lincoln, and freedom, and great ideas. I don't always have time for students. It's like Dean Martin used to say: if you want to talk, go to a priest. Hey -- what's the gun for?” IfsWantWritingLooksBookIdeasHandsUsedTermRoomsWrittenRiskDogStudentsSonGayPaperGunWindowFaultsHeyFiftyPriestsProfessorsGreat IdeaDeanColumbiaHolding HandsYour SonHomesickChristmas EveUndergraduateDormsDorm RoomsTerm Paper Author:Eric Foner
