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Originally Posted by RogueGypsy
African Americans (or whatever the politically correct phrase of the day is), immigrants now out number the descendants of slavery. Former slaves were granted amnesty by Lincoln and had the choice to return to Africa if they so desired. They did not, so while they did not leave their home nation by choice, they did effectively abandon it by not returning.
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Need to re-think this line of thought on many levels but the most glaring is the fact that when Lincoln was President most slaves were born in this country and had no connection to the African continent or awareness of where their ancestors were from.
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