David Herbert Donald's Lincoln about Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. He was raised in a farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. During his childhood Abraham was in the period of slavery, but the Lincoln family did not own any slaves, not only because they couldn’t afford it, but also his father Thomas did not approve of it. Later in 1816 the Lincoln family had to move to Indiana, near the Ohio River.

Abraham Lincoln was born Sunday, February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, He was the son of Thomas and Nancy and he was named for his paternal grandfather. Thomas Lincoln was a carpenter and farmer. Both of Abraham's parents were members of a Baptist congregation which had separated from another church due to opposition to slavery. As Abraham grew up, he loved to read and preferred learning to working in the fields. This led to a difficult relationship with his father who was just the opposite.

Their family had taken the philosophies of John Woolman to heart; he had very strong opinions about slavery. Because the family did not engage in supporting slavery, Coffin was required to labor on his father’s farm; therefore he received little formal education. “According to his own account, he became an abolitionist at age seven when he asked a slave who was in a chain gang why he was bound.”(“Levi Coffin”, Wikipedia). An experience by the side of the road brought to pass Levi’s sympathy and strong hatred to any injustice (Ludwig). Levi was only about the age of 15 when he became passionately involved in the Underground Railroad.

Lincoln knew that he didn't want to be a farmer for the rest of his life so when he was twenty-one he left home to find his calling. He worked at a small little store in new Salem. Then he decided to join the debating club and took part in the towns politics. In 1832 Lincoln's friends convinced him to run for Illinois Sate legislature, he lost but was very close. He decided to run for state legislature again, he knew he had to votes of the his friends but the farmers thought he was just another town guy that couldn't work the fields.

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a log cabin in Hardin Kentucky. His father Thomas Lincoln was a carpenter and farmer who was always very poor. Both of his parents were members of a Baptist congregation which had split from another church because of its views against slavery. This is where Abe first developed his own opposition to slavery. When Abe was nine the family moved to Spencer, Indiana, and his mother Nancy died from milk sickness.

In 1816, at the age of 7, Abraham and his family moved again and this time they moved to the free state of Indiana where land was cheap and slavery was not allowed. (Stone 10) It was here that Abraham’s mother became ill from milk sickness and later died at the age of 34. Abraham’s father needed a wife and mother, so the following year he married an old friend named Sara Bush Johnson. For the next several years Abraham would continue working on the farm and attending school whenever possible. Abraham when help the neighbors read and also enjoyed writing poetry.

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln is arguably one of the best presidents ever, which is why his death was such a tragedy. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was conducted by John Booth, Lewis Powell and their group of mischiefs, which left a country in distress for fear of what the future held. Abraham Lincoln was born on the twelfth of February 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. Young Abraham and his family moved from state to state many times. Upon these moves Abraham picked up his education by going to school with his sister Sarah.

Early on he found a dislike for farming, fishing , and hunting when he would help his father. When he was 21 he moved to Illinois. Here he tried many different jobs such as a rail-splitter, flatboatman, storekeeper, postmaster, surveyor, and a blacksmith. In 1832, he joined the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War, but saw no fighting. In the end he found he liked practicing law the best.

John Adams was born on October 30th, 1735 to John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston Adams. He was the oldest of three and lived in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father was a farmer, deacon, and town councilman. The Adams were not very wealthy and John Adams’ father knew he could only send one son and he wanted to send his eldest. However, John Adams told his father “I do not love books and I wish you would lay aside thoughts of sending me to college.” His father in reply asked him- “What would you do child?

His resentment of laborious activities may very well have been Lincoln’s first knowledge of the wrongness of slavery. A few months after Nancy Lincoln’s death, Lincoln’s father married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow who already had three children of her own (Abraham Lincoln 1). Abraham Lincoln, illiterate and uneducated, was encouraged by his stepmother, Sarah Johnston, to learn how to read and write. He began reading the family Bible and other such popular books. As Lincoln began to reach adulthood, he left the family