Hey Jefff, Lincoln also eased the blow for freedmen by offeing them cash is they agreed to leave the country, permanently. He failed to convince Frederick Douglass and others it was a good idea, particularly after his failed experiment on Cow Island near Haiti. https://medium.com/the-polis/abraham-lincoln-americas-colonizer-in-chief-9d108ebe30a

Btw, how's the book on that championship season coming?