Abraham Lincoln
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- Abraham Lincoln
- 16th President of the United States
- Born February 12, 1809 , in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States
- Occupation: Lawyer
- Religion: No formal church affiliation known
- Party Affiliation: Republican - emerged as a political stalwart during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858
- First Republican President
- Election as President resulted in secession of southern slave states (because of his opposition to the expansion of slavery)
followed shortly by the American Civil War
- Issued the Emancipation Proclamation under his war powers on January 1, 1863, freeing the African slaves
- Died April 15, 1865 (age 56), Washington, D.C., United States
- Cause of death: Assassination (first American President to be assassinated)
- Famous quotes:
- "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
- "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
- "Better remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
- "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax."
- "You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, anything you
set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose."
- "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Related links:
Abraham Lincoln Brown v. Board of Education Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 Race and Racism
American Civil War Civil Rights Movement Human Evolution Martin Luther King, Jr. Slavery in the New World
Apartheid Dred Scott Jim Crow Plessy v. Ferguson White Supremacy