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Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln is a very well known man. He was a president, and a hero who freed slaves during the civil war. What a lot of people don’t know, is that he was also a writer. He wrote all of his speeches, including the Gettysburg Address, which is the most well known. He changed the lives of thousands and his legacy continues to  live on today.Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin on a farm in Hardin County Kentucky.

While neither of his parents were illiterate, they encouraged Abraham to read and write. His mother died when he was young, and his father remarried a year later, and Lincoln called her “my angel mother.”He had to work really hard doing manual labor, and soon became a self-taught lawyer, which is how he got the nickname “Honest Abe.” He married Mary Todd in 1842 and they had 4 kids, and three others who died at or before birth.Lincoln was elected into Congress in 1847 and served for two years. Since he was not very popular, so he wasn’t re-elected, and continued to work as a lawyer in Illinois. In 1858 he was nominated Republican candidate for the Senate, and he opposed the extension of slavery in his campaign, which is also where he gave his “House Divided” speech, but unfortunately he lost the Senate election, but continued to be well known within the Republican party. He continued to give speeches and got a good reputation and in 1860, he was elected the first Republican President of the United States.

On September 22, 1862, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation which declared the freedom of slaves within the Confederacy, and it came into force on January first, 1863. On November 19, 1863, Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, and after four years, the north defeated the south in the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln helped pass through Congress a bill to outlaw slavery on  January 31, 1865, and on December 6th of the same year, it officially became the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. This happened only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, ending the Civil War.

Today, Abraham Lincoln is one of the most well remembered presidents to ever live. His picture is on the penny and the five dollar bill, and towns, counties, and cities have even been renamed after him. In Washington, D.C. the Lincoln Memorial still stands and inside is a huge statue of Lincoln sitting in a chair. There have been so many books, movies, and articles written about him, and he is one of the few Americans who will be remembered forever.

Abraham Lincoln is one of the most honorable men to ever live, and our world changed drastically because of him, and if it weren’t for him, slavery might still happen in America even today. Abraham Lincoln is a hero and no matter how much time passes, he will never be forgotten.