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sgreatachievementswastheEmancipationProclamation,whichendedslaveryintherebelliousstates.Thisactiongavehimthetitleofthe"
GreatEmancipator,"
andmadehimwelllovedamongAfrican-Americans.
Lincolnwascutdownearlyinhissecondterm,assassinatedbyConfederatesympathizerJohnWilkesBooth.Thepresidentdidnothaveachancetoestablishallhis"
Reconstruction"
policiesforthepost-warSouth,buthehadalreadydonewhathepromised-hehadpreservedtheUnion.Forthis,LincolnhasbeenrecognizedasoneoftheUnitedStates'
greatestpresidents.
ChildhoodandYouth
AbrahamLincolnwasbornonFebruary12,1809,thesecondchildofThomasLincolnandNancyHanksLincoln.Hewasbornathisparents'
farmontheSouthForkofNolinCreek,nearHodgenville,Kentucky.Hisoldersister,Sarah,wasbornonFebruary10,1807.Ayoungerbrother,Thomas,diedasababy,beforethefamilymovedmovetoIndiana.
Lincoln'
sancestorshadcomecametoAmericafromEnglandintheearly17thcentury.SamuelLincoln,aweaver'
sapprenticefromthetownofHingham,England,immigratedtoHingham,Massachusetts,in1637.Samuel'
sdescendantseventuallymadetheirwaydowntheAtlanticcoast,toPennsylvaniaandVirginia.
WhenAbrahamwastwohisfamilymovedtoanotherfarm,onealongKnobCreek,about10milesnortheast.ThefarmlayneartheCumberlandtrailfromLouisville,KentuckytoNashville,Tennessee.Itmayhavebeenatthistimethathefirstsawslaves,astheyweredrivenalongtheroad.Hisparentswerebothstronglyagainstslavery,bothoneconomicandreligiousgrounds.TheSeparateBaptistChurch,towhichtheLincolnsbelonged,wasstronglyanti-slavery.Also,thesmallfarmersofKentuckydidnotwanttocompetewithslavelabor.
In1816,whenAbrahamwaseight,thefamilymovedIndiana,inordertoescapeproblemswithThomas'
Kentuckylandtitles.ThetitlesinKentuckywereextremelycomplicated,becauseofthechaoticwayinwhichtheregionhadbeensettled.Thomas,lackingthemoneytohireanattorney,chosetomovetoIndianawherehecouldbuylanddirectlyfromthegovernment.TheysettlednearPigeonCreek,inwhatistodaySpencerCounty,Indiana.In1817,Thomasappliedfor160acresatthegovernmentlandofficeatVincennes,formerlythecapitaloftheIndianaTerritory.
ThomasandElizabethSparrow,therelativeswhohadraisedNancyHanksLincoln,soonjoinedthemfromKentucky,bringingwiththem19-year-oldDennisHanks.Dennis,theillegitimatesonofanotherofNancyLincoln'
saunts,soonbecameaclosefriendofAbraham.
In1818thefamilywasstruckbythediseasebrucellosis,knownasmilksickness.ThomasandElizabethSparrowdied,soonfollowedbyNancyLincoln,whodiedonOctober5.ThomasLincolnfounditalmostimpossibletokeepthehouseholdrunningwithouthiswife,andsohesoughtoutSarahBushJohnston,awidowhehadknownbackinElizabethtown,Kentucky.SarahJohnston,whohadpreviouslybeenthewifeoftheHardinCountyjailer,broughtwithherthreesmallchildren.ThenewstepmotherwasalovingwomanwhobecameagoodmothertothebereavedSarahandAbraham.Herstepsonreturnedherlove,calledher"
Mama,"
andfortherestofhislifespokeofherintermsofdeepaffection.
Theboyhadlessaffectionforhisfather,whoapparentlydidnotfullyunderstandAbraham'
sdesireforeducation.Abrahamalsoapparentlyviewedhisfatherasnotambitiousenough,andhadnodesiretofollowhimasafarmer.WhileAbrahamwasinhisteens,Thomasdidhiretheboyoutasalaborertoneighboringfarmers.Theyouthalsoclerkedinalocalgrocerystore,cutfirewoodforsale,rowedaferryboatontheOhioRiver,anddidotheroddjobs.
Likemanyonthefrontier,Lincolnwaslargelyself-educated.Heattendedafewcountryschools,butmostlyhislearningcamefromreading.HereadbookssuchastheBible,DanielDefoe'
s"
RobinsonCrusoe,"
WilliamGrimshaw'
HistoryoftheUnitedStates,"
Aesop'
Fables,"
and"
Parson"
MasonWeems'
biographyofGeorgeWashington.Inthespringof1828,whenhewas19,LincolnmadehisfirsttriptoNewOrleans,asadeckhandonacargoboat,hisfirstvisittoabigcityandachancetoseeslaveryinfullforce.
ThoughAbrahamwantedtoleavehisfather'
shouseandstrikeoutonhisown,hewaslegallyboundtoworkforThomasLincolnuntiltheageof21.In1830,hehelpedhisfatherandstepmothermov
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