The Southerner

Contrary to the Hollywood myth, Abraham Lincoln's greatest desire was to free blacks from slavery-and send them all back to Africa. Only an assassin's bullet halted him from implementing these plans, as revealed in this engrossing work of "faction" from Thomas Dixon, the famed author the Reconstruction Trilogy (The Clansman, et al).
Set against a backdrop of the major events of the American Civil War, this narrative cuts through the lies and distortions spouted by Hollywood and reveals the true details of Lincoln's policies while in office.
"His first great work accomplished in destroying slavery and restoring the Union, there remained but two tasks on which his soul was set-to heal the bitterness of the war and remove the negro race from physical contact with the white. He at once addressed himself to this work with enthusiasm. That he could do it he never doubted for a moment.
"Every word in relating to the issues of our national life has been drawn from authentic records in my possession. Nor have I at any point taken a liberty with an essential detail in historical scenes."