Abraham Lincoln
Abraham
Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. He
became the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln led the United
States through its political crisis and the bloodiest Civil War in its
history. His motive was to abolish slavery and strengthen the federal
government. He took responsibility to modernize economy through banks,
canals, railroads and tariffs to encourage construction of new
factories.
He
posted army throughout US to protect escaped slaves, encouraged the
border states to outlaw slavery, and passed the “Thirteenth Amendment to
the United States Constitution”, which permanently outlawed slavery.
Childhood
Abraham
Lincoln was born to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln, in a Sinking
Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. The family moved to Ohio, a
slave free nation and started a new life.
Education with Work
In
1832, when Abraham Lincoln was 23, he and a partner bought a small
general store on credit in New Salem, Illinois, but struggled to grow
the business. He sold his share and began his political career with his
first campaign for the Illinois General Assembly.
While
working, Lincoln made sure he attain proper education too. He then
decided to become a lawyer and began learning by himself through various
law books. In 1834, he successfully won election to the state
legislature.
In
1836, he moved to Illinois and began practicing law where he started
spreading his stance of “free slave” nation and the need to abolition.
He soon became a reputed lawyer, and he began participating actively in
party’s work for this union cause. In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Because
of his active debates over the issues of slavery he was able to gain
national reputation and was elected as the President of the United
States in 1860. As President, he built the Republican Party as a strong
national organization. On January 1, 1863, he issued the “Emancipation
Proclamation” that declared those slaves within the Confederacy as
‘forever free’. Lincoln was re-elected in 1864, as Union military
triumphs heralded an end to the Civil War. He encouraged the whites of
South to speedily join the peace reunion.
At the End
On
11th April 1865, Abraham Lincoln took a noble step when he announced
and promoted voting rights for blacks. This became the reason for his
assassination on 15th April 1865 at Ford’s Theatre while watching a
performance.
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