Henrylito tacio biography of abraham lincoln

In his famous biography, “Abraham Lincoln – The Prairie Years,” he wrote: “Lincoln's mother was standing at the door of their cabin singing Greenland's Icy.

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Abraham Lincoln's Childhood and Early Life

Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. His family moved to southern Indiana in 1816.

Lincoln’s formal schooling was limited to three brief periods in local schools, as he had to work constantly to support his family.

“He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help,” American president Abraham Lincoln said.

  • “He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help,” American president Abraham Lincoln said.
  • In 1834, he was elected to the Legislature.
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  • During the Civil War in the United States, Abraham Lincoln had occasion, at an official reception, to refer to the Southerners as erring human beings rather.
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    • In 1830, his family moved to Macon County in southern Illinois, and Lincoln got a job working on a river flatboat hauling freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. After settling in the town of New Salem, Illinois, where he worked as a shopkeeper and a postmaster, Lincoln became involved in local politics as a supporter of the Whig Party, winning election to the Illinois state legislature in 1834.

    Like his Whig heroes Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, Lincoln opposed the spread of slavery to the territories, and had a grand vision of the expanding United States, with a focus on commerce and cities rather than agriculture.

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