Lincoln publicly argued Black and white Americans mutually suffered from coexistence

Evidence

“Why should they leave this country? This is, perhaps, the first question for proper consideration,” Lincoln told his visitors. “You and we are different races…. Your race suffers very greatly, many of them, by living among us, while ours suffer from your presence. In a word, we suffer on each side.” — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 131

Categorization

• XREF: A primary-source Lincoln quote that complicates the heroic-emancipator origin story — directly usable in the Wilentz dispute case study.