Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln


     Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was very

important to the past history of our country.  He helped to abolish slavery in

this country and kept the American Union from splitting apart during the Civil

War.

     At 22, he moved to New Salem, Illinois.  With his gift for swapping

stories and making friends, he became quite popular and was elected to the

Illinois legislature in 1834.  In his spare time, he taught himself law and

became a lawyer.  In 1847, he was elected to the U.S. Congress, but returned to

his law practice until 1858, when his concern about the spread of slavery

prompted him to return to national politics and run for the U.S. Senate.

     Lincoln rose to greatness from a humble beginning.  Born in 1809 in a

log cabin in Kentucky, Lincoln spent most of his childhood working on the family

farm.  He had less than a year of school but managed to educate himself by

studying and reading books on his own.

     He believed that slavery and democracy were fundamentally incompatible.

In an 1858 speech, he said: What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and

independance?  It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coats, our

army and our navy . . . Our defense is in the spirit which prized liberty This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!


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