Honest Abe Abe Lincoln

Lincoln was born on the twelfth of February 1809 in a cabin three miles outside of Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was later forced to move to Indiana. As a child Lincoln worked on his family’s farm clearing fields and tending crops. He liked to read but unfortunately received hardly any formal education. In fact, his entire schooling only amounted to about one year of attendance. (Brit. 23) In 1830 Lincoln’s family moved to Illinois. Lincoln didn’t want to be a farmer, so he tried other professions: rail-splitter, flatboat man, storekeeper, postmaster, surveyor, an army man, and a profession in Law.

In 1932 Lincoln, at twenty-three years old, decided to run for the Illinois State legislature. Lincoln was to campaign for local improvements such as better roads and canals. However, a war with the Indians b

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The greatest thing Lincoln ever did was handle slavery so well. In this sense Lincoln was ruthless.

THE CIVIL WAR

Lincoln believed the Union could be saved without any blood. In his campaigning Lincoln called slavery a “cancer” and a “monstrous injustice. Without emancipation the Civil War wouldn’t mean enough. He suggested this plan to the loyal slave states’ congressmen. You know how it has been with all the rest. Breckenridge, a southern Democrat from Kentucky. ” On the other hand, there were also Northerners who supported the Union but not emancipation. Even though he was morally against slavery he was careful in dealing with it. So, after Lincoln left law he traveled across Illinois campaigning for anti-slavery Whigs. Lincoln felt that if the proclamation were released then it would seem like an act of desperation. In New York City on July 13, 1863 mobs went through the city attacking houses, shops, and people for days. Then, Lincoln tried Generals Burnside and Hooker, both of which failed.

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