Abraham Lincoln was the best U.S. President, motivated by a patriotic and Christian desire to preserve the union of states and free the slaves. At least that is what modern textbooks suggest. There is a bigger story to the 16th President of the United States than the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. A whitewashed version of the man is all that we learned about him in school. It is what our children and grandchildren are still being taught. Public school districts and universities have been dutifully parroting that the Southern states of Lincoln’s era had a perverse culture, while Northern society was superior. This became the politically-correct mantra when ‘teaching’ about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War for generations after the Civil Rights Movement. The identity politics is only getting worse, and more blatant.
The narrative is not only infused heavily with a liberal bias, but moreover, it is entirely wrong. Far too many Americans, both current students and adults, believe that the Civil War was a war about slavery. This liberalized version of history does not chronicle the political shenanigans that were undertaken by groups to harden their centralized (federal) grasp on power, as is still the case today. Most Americans do not believe that this issue was at play during Lincoln’s era, but they are so very wrong. The current political atmosphere in America is a testament to how ignorance of history forces a people to repeat it.
President Abraham Lincoln should not be revered as a hallowed figure. “Honest Abe” was a mere man; one who made mistakes and decisions based on his own self-interest. Some of his choices did benefit America, but the benefits were often a positive byproduct of his political self-interest, not benevolence.
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5 comments:
Thank you for this article.
It is so true.
We have been duped
People should take time to actually read the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln pulled a fast one; he didn't actually free any slaves he had authority over. He didn't do a damn thing about the slaves in Maryland (Yes, Maryland was a slave state!) or the other northern states where slavery was legal.
The reason the historians for the most part proffer the lie is because they get federal grant money to do research. Lucky for some historians, people like Lerone Bennett, former Editor of Ebony, had the guts to self-finance their research. Bennett, like many others, found the real Lincoln was nothing like the romanticized 'version' of collegiate academia.
Findings through Lincoln's personal papers as well as his State of the Union speeches, conclusively show he wanted the West White and sought to send the black slaves back to Africa and other environs. The problem was, due to their inability to acclimate to those new environments, many of the colonies died. The purpose of emancipation was to eradicate the ownership so they could be deported legally. In the colonial/pre-CW era, slaves were not people in the legal sense. They were owned by owners; therefore, they couldn't be confiscated and removed without the owners' permissions. No self-sustaining farm would just relinquish the slaves to be removed.
Many who attended the signing, stated in their letters and writings that Lincoln became physically ill when it came to signing the Emancipation Proclamation. He almost couldn't do it but was forced to because it was the only way to get the black population legally out of North America.
People also believe Lincoln was poor. While in his childhood he came from meager beginnings, in his life post-law school, he was the only lawyer for all the railroad companies in America. In those days (as well as now) this was not only a powerful and influential position, it also made him richer than anyone could fathom. Think Bezos on steroids for that time period. He came to the White House with many special interests to serve - namely the Railroad barons who started forging territories in the Northwest (Pacific Rim) and California with gold rush days. By opening up the transportation, the country expanded into more territory than just the Atlantic seaboard.
Another interesting real fact about Lincoln is, he was the first president to declare war on a state within the union. South Carolina sought to secession which was within it's right, due to a tariff war between the North & South. Lincoln declared martial law in the South and had the military fire on citizens. Yes, he was first president to exact real tyranny on his own people and have the citizens attacked by our own military forces. A gross overstep of his executive authority.
So as you see, he was not the wonderful lovable Honest Abe depicted in movies, plays and textbooks. His dark side far exceeded anything he accomplished which he was complicit.
is his statue to come down next?
The lie has been repeated so much people would never believe the truth.
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