Student Education Repository (மாணவர்கள் கல்விக் களஞ்சியம்): Today (February 12, 1809) is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, who spoke out against slavery.

Friday, February 12, 2021

Today (February 12, 1809) is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, who spoke out against slavery.

Today (February 12, 1809) is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, who spoke out against slavery.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, into a poor family in Kentucky, USA. His father Thomas Lincoln was a carpenter. As a boy, Lincoln assisted in his father's work. Mother Nancy Hanks. Lincoln walked nine miles through the woods and was educated. Lincoln was raised by his grandson, whose mother died when he was 9 years old. Lincoln could not read properly due to family poverty. Lincoln had rare qualities at an early age, such as helping others and loving others. Lincoln's qualities of always being lively, storytelling, and having fun made others like him. Neighbours will be amazed to hear this boy read books aloud at a young age.

I studied in school for only about a year. But if anyone had a book, he would beg and come and finish reading, boy. He spent three weeks in elementary school with a teacher who travelled from village to village. The teacher gave me a book on exam day and asked me to read some pages. Boys older than this boy could not read. Abraham read aloud as he spoke on stage. Charcoal used to write on the wall and floor. Wrote articles. At the age of 14, he walked 12 miles to buy George Washington's autobiography, The Life of Washington, from a farmer. He read this book over and over again.

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Once, Lincoln went to a market in New Orleans. There he saw a Negro woman being sold into slavery. He saw blacks being sold in the name of slavery, tied up with iron rods, whipped and tortured en masse. He was heartbroken. Lincoln wanted an end to this atrocity. He sought to find ways to do so. Abraham Lincoln's first participation in the Black Hawk War at the age of twenty - three showed him a new path. In 1833 he fell in love with a woman named Ant Ruthless and married her. But within two years, Ant fell ill and died. 7 years later he married a woman named Mary Todd at the age of 33. He had four sons.

Lincoln joined an office at the age of 22 as a clerk. He then bought a shop on credit and lost business. Next, he worked as a postman in a post office. After that, he studied for himself and became a lawyer. Served as Member of the U.S. Congress from 1847-1849. Lincoln concluded that slavery could be abolished only by engaging in politics. In 1834, at the age of 25, he first ran for and won the Illinois State Legislature. His campaign to the general public was very well received. In the end, Lincoln won. The next election to the U.S. Senate took place. One of the most famous judges ran in this election. Lincoln opposed that judge. The American people eagerly awaited the victory of this election.

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In his campaign meetings, Lincoln referred to the history of the American nation, American politics, the American situation of the day, the practice of enslaving tens of thousands of Negroes, white-black discrimination, and the degenerate state of the nation. This attitude of Lincoln caused an uproar among the American people. The election results were in Lincoln's favour. Lincoln was first elected to the U.S. Senate. He then left politics and worked as a lawyer in the private sector for 5 years. In 1854 Lincoln re-entered politics. Lincoln, who had no drinking or smoking habits, worked hard in politics. In 1860 he was elected the 16th President of the United States. When he became president, a member said, "Lincoln, your daddy's sandals still adorn my feet, to put it bluntly, it shows the excellence of my dad's work. Give me the stitches if you can.

Within two years of his inauguration, in 1862, all slaves would be freed from January 1 of the following year. He then declared that there should be no slavery in the United States. During this time, tens of thousands of blacks who worked as slaves on rich lands in the southern United States suffered from inequality. A few months before Lincoln's inauguration, the seven states that support slavery in the south of the United States withdrew together. After that and the four states joined them. On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the revolutionary "Emancipation Proclamation" for the permanent emancipation of slaves in the Confederacy. The U.S. Civil War broke out in 11 southern states and other northern states that rejected it.

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Fighting and reuniting the divided United States on the issue of the abolition of slavery has long been a major issue for Abraham Lincoln. The Civil War began to oppose and support this. The protesters were defeated in this battle which lasted for 4 years. His talk of democracy at the time became known as the "Gettysburg Text". The resolution was successfully passed in the US Congress. In 1864 he was re-elected President. Lincoln has consistently been in the top three in the poll for America's best president. Many times he has topped the name. In a 2004 study, General Lincoln was ranked by many historians as the best president, while many lawyers ranked him as the second-best president after George Washington. Because of Lincoln's assassination, he is revered by the American people as "a national martyr." He is revered by the people as a great freedom fighter who fought for the abolition of slavery.

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Lincoln went with his wife to see the play "He's an American Cousin" on Good Friday, April 14, 1865. John Wills Booth, an actor, shot and shot President Lincoln while he was enjoying the play. Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 1865, at the age of 56, in protest of slavery. Many memorials have been erected in Lincoln's name in the United States. As well as many small and large cities named after him.

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Information: Ramesh, Assistant Professor of Physics, Nehru Memorial College, Puthanampatti, Trichy.