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  1. 3 days ago · The Proclamation granted freedom to all slaves within rebel territory, transforming a war fought to restore the Union into one fought for liberty. Lincoln was reelected in 1864 as Union military victories heralded the war’s end.

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  2. 5 days ago · Born on Feb. 12, 1809, he started life the son of two illiterate farmers living in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. Abraham's father, Thomas, moved the family to Indiana in 1817, to live on public land where Thomas also farmed and hunted game.

  3. 1 day ago · Abraham Lincoln ( / ˈlɪŋkən / 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.

  4. 5 days ago · It happens to be the anniversary of my escape from bondage. Fifty-six years ago to-day, it was my good fortune to cease to be a slave, a chattel personal, and to become a man. It was upon the 3rd day of September, 1838, that I started upon my little life work in the world. It was a great day for me.

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  5. 4 days ago · The Meditation on the Divine Will is the first of the three to appear chronologically. Lincoln wrote it in September of 1862 when his presidency was at its nadir. The war was going badly for the north and his party was about to be routed in the midterm elections. It is, for my money, one of the most interesting things Lincoln ever wrote.

  6. 3 days ago · April 4, 2003. ( 2003-04-04) Liberty's Kids (stylized on-screen as Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776) is an American animated historical fiction television series produced by WHYY and DIC Entertainment, and originally aired on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002, to April 4, 2003, with reruns airing on most PBS stations until October 10, 2004.

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  8. 6 days ago · The war only ended 16 months later, in August 1866, after Lincoln’s assassination, and Johnson’s declaration. Then …more work. That war of division cost America more men than we lost in World Wars One and Two combined, 12 times Vietnam and 18 times Korea. It left 620,000 soldiers dead, and many more besides.

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