Slavery and the Homefront, 1775–1783
No African-American colonist signed the Declaration of Independence. Indeed, despite the Patriots' common use of the words slavery, tyranny, and oppr...
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Lincoln, Abraham
(b. February 12, 1809; d. April 15, 1865) Sixteenth president of the United States (1861–1865).
Abraham Lincoln's life was lived under the shadow of war. During his li...
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Abraham Lincoln
Born February 12, 1809
Hodgenville, Kentucky
Died April 15, 1865
Washington, D.C.
Sixteenth president of the United States
"I have no other [ambition] so great as that of be...
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years
by Carl Sandburg
Although born over a decade after Abraham Lincoln's death, Carl Sandburg spent a large part of his life writing about the deeds and accomplishme...
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When a president takes the oath of office, he swears to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution." Based on that duty, Abraham Lincoln exerted more power than any previous president. He made ful...
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Sixteenth president of the United States and president during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was immortalized by his Emancipation Proclamation, his Gettysburg Address, and two outstanding ...
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As a young man, Lincoln had taken flatboat trips down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. While traveling, he saw other boats become unavoidably grounded on sandbars that were created by the river's shif...
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Lincoln's complex character allowed him to navigate between the North and the South so that he always stood for America. This was very pro-union of him, but to balance it out, Lincoln never actually ...
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Abraham Lincoln is probably the most eminent president who ever lived. He was born on February 12, 1809 in a log cabin to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. After his mother died from the "milk sick", the ...
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During the Civil War, America was at war with itself over the institution of slavery. While at war, many slave states began to stray from the Union and create the Confederate Government. With the cr...
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Slavery and the Homefront, 1775-1783
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years
President Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
