#9: Deport Blacks to Santo Domingo (Top 10 Mistakes by U.S. Presidents)

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#9: Deport Blacks to Santo Domingo (Top 10 Mistakes by U.S. Presidents)
      

Lesson for President Obama: Get solid commitments from Congress.

The evening after New Year's Day, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant wrapped himself in his winter cloak, strode out of the White House, and walked across Lafayette Square, alone, to call on Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. Sumner had first come to Congress in 1851; now, 19 years later, he was not only one of the most powerful, most influential men in the Senate, but he was revered among Abolitionists and African American freedmen as a living martyr.

Could Grant trust him?  Should he trust him?
         

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