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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an incredible man and president. He got rid of slavery in the United States and was with us during the Civil War. If it weren't for Lincoln, slavery could very possibly still be around. The 16th president of the United States of America accomplished many things in his life.
On the morning of Sunday, February 12, 1809, in a cabin on Nolin Creek, Kentucky, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, wife of Thomas Lincoln, gave birth to a boy on a bed of poles covered with corn husks. The newborn baby was named Abraham after his grandfather. Abraham's father was an uneducated carpenter and also a farmer. His mother had no schooling and could not write.
In the year of 1811, the Lincoln family moved to a farm on Knob Creek near Hodgenville Kentucky. Soon after they moved, Abraham's younger brother, Thomas, passed away in infancy.
Abraham spent short amounts of time in a log schoolhouse in 1815. Here he started to learn his ABC's. Abraham attended school......

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