B.militarily conquer the Spanish colony of Cuba and delegate as a colony for American blacks, with a goal of eventual statehood and representation in Congress, as a means to the gradual abolition of slavery and the achievement of a form of equality for blacks while establishing their separation from white society (to appease Southerners).

C.to have Congress delegate the new state of Maine as being exclusively for free blacks and ex-slaves as a means to achieve the gradual abolition of slavery. Whites already living in Maine would be compensated with free land in the west.

D.the deportation of American blacks to Africa, the Caribbean, or Central America as a means to the gradual abolition of slavery.