What 'Lincoln' misses and another Civil War film gets right

[August]

Originally Posted by Hottentot

That, plus seeing how the slaves were taken from many different locations in Africa by huge numbers, returning them all to where they came from would have been a pretty huge operation logistically, especially back then. Furthermore, it might have been tricky, in some cases impossible, to determine exactly where each slave came from. Just asking them would not have done it.

I don't believe that was the proposal. What Lincoln envisioned I think was creating a new country in Africa that would be peopled by former slaves.