sentences:  Though unwilling to publicly declare the abolition of slavery as a war goal, Lincoln considered various plans that would provide for the eventual abolition of slavery and explored the idea of compensated emancipation, including one proposed test case which would have seen all Delaware slaves freed by 1872.He also met with Fredrick Douglass and other black leaders, discussing the possibility of a colonization project in Central America.Abolitionists criticized Lincoln for his slowness in moving from his initial position of non-interference with slavery to one of emancipation.