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  1. May 9, 2024 · How did John Brown become famous? Long before the Harpers Ferry Raid , John Brown earned a measure of fame as the leader of antislavery guerrillas in Bleeding Kansas , the small civil war fought between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory of Kansas.

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      Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville,...

  2. Oct 19, 2020 · While John Brown was becoming famous and wanted in Kansas, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in Springfield, Ill., right? He had served one term in Congress and some time in the Illinois...

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  4. Jul 14, 2023 · President Abraham Lincoln freed enslaved people and led the Union during the Civil War. Learn about his birthday, height, election, assassination, and more.

  5. It was the most important means that the Founders established to secure the ends spelled out in the Declaration of Independence. In Chapter 4, I turn to what Lincoln learned from the Founders’ compromise with slavery, the institution that contradicted the Founding experiment in self-government.

  6. Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ən / LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

  7. Dec 6, 2021 · According to a resolution Congress approved in 1961, it originated with meat supplier Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York. During the War of 1812, he marked his materials for military use...

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