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Lincon was the greatest American President. He was born in 1809. He was a self made person. His father was a poor farmer. As a young man Abraham too had to work as a lumber-man and a wood cutter. With the money he hardly earned, he bought books and learnt to read write. He got a job as a clerk to support his studies. Then for a time he was a post master and a store keeper. He studied law in his spare time and became a lawyer. He took up politics. Soon he earned a name as an orator. At that time slavery was prevalent in the Southern part of America. A large number of Negroes were brought to America from Africa. They were made to work in the plantations owned by rich white Americans.
From the very beginning, Lincoln denounced slavery. “Why should a man be a slave to another?” he questioned. He had made a lot of speeches against slavery. In 1860 Lincoln was elected the President of the U.S.A. The poor boy from the log cabin had entered the White House…! The American civil war erupted shortly. It was between the Northern States and the Southern States where slavery in the U.S.A. Lincoln was a good person with a lot of exemplary qualities. He was shot dead in a theatre by a hard core racist named john Wilkins Booth. Lincoln was not only the greatest. American President. He was one of the great personalities the world produced ever.
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