Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Edwin M. Stanton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03973 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: 1864/02/01 Pagination: 1 p. 24.8 x 19.8 cm Order a Copy
Transport to return black colonists from Haiti. The colonists were freed slaves. In 1862, 450 African Americans were recruited to settle on the Island of Vache, off the coast of present-day Haiti. Small pox and mismanagement by a white government-appointed manager contributed to the colony's failure. The transport ship dispatched by President Lincoln picked up only 368 survivors.
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