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6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:53
Publish Date: 2017-11-05 21:05:23
Description: Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its end. During this time he paved the way for the abolition of slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation and also delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in American history. Having originally come from Kentucky, Lincoln’s family settled in Illinois shortly after his twenty-first birthday. He soon moved to the town of New Salem where he became involved in local politics and began to teach himself law. He was admitted to the Illinois bar ...
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