Flashback: Abraham Lincoln The Racist Who Really Hated Blacks

He's the apple of the American Historical Association's eye: Abraham Lincoln. Here's a flashback to September 18,1858 at the Charleston, Illinois debate(page 57) between Lincoln and Douglas. Here's an unforgettable quote from Lincoln:

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....

In fairness, it's not just historians that are enamored with Lincoln it's also economists.