WAS LINCOLN A RACIST?
Short answer, yes. In my view Lincoln had a liberal attitude about race for his time when it is safe to say that most white people North and South were racist. Depending on your opinion of Lincoln you can find anything you want in the form of evidence to prove your point of view. That is if you are trying to make a case that he was racist. For example the following are quotes from Lincoln on race. "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way 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 ... I will add to this that "I have never seen, to my knowledge, a man, woman, ...