Abraham Lincoln’s Second Annual Message to Congress and Public Policy Advocacy for African Colonization

Rhetoric & Public Affairs Sep 2018

Abraham Lincoln’s Second Annual Message to Congress and Public Policy Advocacy for African Colonization

Bjørn F. Stillion Southard

Abstract

Abstract This essay situates Abraham Lincoln’s Second Annual Message within the context of previous discourse on African colonization to illuminate the significance of the text as public policy rhetoric. I argue that Lincoln’s proposal for compensated emancipation and colonization in the Second Annual Message was the apotheosis of colonization advocacy. Lincoln’s argumentation navigated the complicated context to make a final, but failed, case for a compromise between North and South before the Final Emancipation Proclamation took effect.

Journal: Rhetoric & Public Affairs
Published: 2018-09-01
DOI: 10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.3.0387
Open Access: Closed
Topics: argument

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