Who is Abraham Lincoln from The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery and what is their importance?

Abraham Lincoln was born and Kentucky, but moved to Illinois as a small boy. Lincoln was the son of a farmer who would often loan his son out to neighbors in order to pay off the debts the father owed. Lincoln would come to resent this work, equating himself with a slave who had no choice over the work he was forced to do and who was not compensated for this work. Later, Lincoln would become a self-educated man who would distance himself from his family.