it is odd that the Republicans during the time of Lincoln were the champions of abolition given their current leanings on race.
Lincoln himself had a very strong antipathy towards black folks and hoped they could be sent to Africa.
Marcus Garvey, a little later than Lincoln proposed a similar idea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Garvey
both Liberia and Ethiopia saw a strong influx of new citizens from the Caribean and USA with somewhat mixed results.

Liberia and Sierra Leone.

These two fine nations are beacons of progress and enlightenment.

"Short sleeve or long sleeve?"

i was speaking of the very large Rastafarian community in Ethiopia in the present day.