Abraham Lincoln: Slavery In The United States

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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809. He grew up in Kentucky for most of his childhood. Lincoln had a pretty hard childhood. His mother died when he was only nine years old and they moved to multiple places until they finally settled in Indiana, and then Illinois when he was in his early 20s. Lincoln did not want to become a farmer like everyone else, so instead, he started to split rails and cleared his father’s farm. When Lincoln got older, he changed from job to job multiple times. He worked on a riverboat and ran a store. He also studied law to start his own law practice. Lincoln opposed slavery. He was against the war with Mexico, and supported the Wilmot Proviso, which was thought to prevent slavery in the rest of the Country.