From the Atlanta Tribune:

AUGUST 14 1862—President Abraham Lin­coln (for the first time) meets with a group of prominent Blacks to discuss the Civil War and public policy. But before the meeting was over, he would anger those gathered. Although an outspo­ken opponent of the expansion of slavery, Lincoln suggested that it would be best for Amer­ica and Blacks […]

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