Abraham Lincoln's Influence On Education

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His influences were felt at early stage of his life when he was nearly seventeen years of age. He was raised and brought up in the woods. The area was characterized by high mortality level as well as intellects which were also highly manifested in his life. During this era, there was no much formal education as the area was inhibited and untilled making the woods have an education of their own. During early his teenage life, Lincoln moved to town. With this, he was able to purchase and read newspapers. His education can be said it was almost entirely of a newspaper one. He had subscribed to the "Richmond Enquirer and The Charleston Mercury. This strengthens his public opinion as it kept growing, with much information of the happening, his religion and upbringing, he was deeply and gradually developing a …show more content…

Also, earlier on, before moving to America town, his parents had relocated to the Indiana, and there broke out the Black Hawk war. Black Hawk was the chief of the Sac Indians who had felt offended by the whites. The governor by then called soldiers and there Lincoln volunteered as part of the team. This was later followed by the election of a captain where Lincoln was an eligible candidate. Through this time he tried to fight for democracy, he was against the racial discrimination, and to him everyone was equal, and slavery was one form of discrimination. His public interest and his passion to settle for any kind of work offered saw his opportunities. Lincoln was later appointed as a postmaster at New Salem which was an opportunity for him to read newspapers. His subscription was mostly comprised of Louisville journals, was a well-known editor of the paper. His duties were light and gave him an ample time to read. This office was later closed that foresaw his

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