Lincoln: The Biography E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Lebooks Editora
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 40

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

In this volume, the reader will learn about the life of Abraham Lincoln, a man who served as the President of the United States from March 4, 1861, until his assassination on April 15, 1865. Lincoln led his people through the most painful moment in U.S. history, the fratricidal Civil War, and succeeded in ending slavery and reuniting the nation. Abraham Lincoln is considered by scholars and his people to be one of the three greatest presidents in history.

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LINCOLN: THE BIOGRAPHY

Contents

INTRODUCTION

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

A Short Autobiography, written in June, i860, at the Request of a Friend to use in preparing a Popular Campaign Biography in the Election of that Year.

Autobiographical Memorandum given to The Artist Hicks, June 14, 1860.

Autobiographical Sketch - Written for Jesse W. Fell, December 20, 1859.

SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD

The “House Divided Against Itself ” Speech, at Springfield, June 16, 1858.

A Word About the Writings of Abraham Lincoln

INTRODUCTION

Abraham Lincoln

1809-1865

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky, to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. In 1817, the family moved to Indiana due to a land dispute, where they lived in harsh conditions. At the age of nine, Lincoln lost his mother to "milk sickness," a tragedy that deeply affected him and strained his relationship with his father.

In 1842, Lincoln married Mary Todd and they had four children, though only Robert Todd survived to adulthood. Before Mary, Lincoln had other romantic involvements, including Anne Rutledge and Mary Owens.

Lincoln's political career began in 1834 when he was elected to the Illinois state legislature as a Whig. He served a term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849, where he opposed the Mexican-American War. Returning to Springfield, he became a successful lawyer.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 reignited Lincoln's political passion, leading him to join the Republican Party. His views on slavery evolved from economic concerns to moral opposition. In 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States and his leadership during the Civil War was pivotal. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoted the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery.

Lincoln was re-elected in 1864 but was tragically assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre. He died the next morning, leaving a legacy as one of America's greatest presidents, dedicated to preserving the Union and championing human freedom.

LINCOLN: THE BIOGRAPHY

A Short Autobiography, written in June, i860, at the Request of a Friend to use in preparing a Popular Campaign Biography in the Election of that Year.

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, then in Hardin, now in the more recently formed county of La Rue, Kentucky. His father, Thomas and grandfather, Abraham, were born in Rockingham County, Virginia, whither their ancestors had come from Berks County, Pennsylvania. His lineage has been traced no farther back than this. The family were originally Quakers, though in later times they have fallen away from the peculiar habits of that people. The grandfather, Abraham, had four brothers — Isaac, Jacob, John and Thomas. So far as known, the descendants of Jacob and John are still in Virginia. Isaac went to a place near where Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee join; and his descendants are in that region. Thomas came to Kentucky and after many years died there, whence his descendants went to Missouri. Abraham, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to Kentucky and was killed by Indians about the year 1784. He left a widow, three sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Mordecai, remained in Kentucky till late in life, when he removed to Hancock County, Illinois, where soon after he died and where several of his descendants still remain. The second son, Josiah, removed at an early day to a place on Blue River, now within Hancock County, Indiana, but no recent information of him or his family has been obtained. The eldest sister, Mary, married Ralph Crume and some of her descendants are now known to be in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. The second sister, Nancy, married William Brumfield and her family are not known to have left Kentucky, but there is no recent information from them. Thomas, the youngest son and father of the present subject, by the early death of his father and very narrow circumstances of his mother, even in childhood was a wandering laboring-boy and grew up literally without education.