Was Abraham Lincoln A White Supremacist?

In this article by Lerone Bennett Jr., Abraham Lincoln is shown to be a white supremacist. He goes on to explain all the ways Lincoln did not have the intentions everyone thought he had. Furthermore, Lincoln has said in private and also in public that he was a white supremacist. He believed that as long as he was alive white and blacks should remain separated preferably by the Atlantic Ocean. Bennett believes it is his duty to prove what majority of the people think they know about Lincoln and expose the reality of the Emancipation Proclamation that gained him the title of helping free slaves. To prove his point he explains how Lincoln grew up in slave states and anti black environments. Growing up in these areas made him inevitable to not
Lincoln denounce slavery very slowly and carefully. Lincoln also spent 18 months trying to save slavery as well as, beginning his presidency saying he would not interfere with slavery. Not surprisingly, Lincoln was opposed to white and black getting married and blacks getting a citizenship. Lincoln was anti emancipation bit with the public’s pressure he could not ignore the problem. Sudden and general emancipation was not Lincoln's’ policy. When Lincoln was clear of duty, he refused to act. On several occasions he refused to take anti slavery action which was mandated by the congress and he sabotaged some anti slavery legislation by executive inaction. Lincoln did not want free black men in a country for white men. He was not feared by the emancipation but rather the result afterwards. Bennett also explains how Lincoln did not believe whites and blacks to be equal. Lincoln had an emancipation policy to rid America of all slaves and blacks. He tried to settle them in Haiti which failed. While Lincoln was trying to get rid of the slaves, Congress was forbidding officers to return fugitive