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Abraham Lincoln's Accomplishments

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Abraham Lincoln is one of the best presidents there is. He abolished slavery and helped win the war. Those were two things he was well known for. He accomplished things no other presidents could ever do. This essay covers how he accomplished everything he set out to do.

When Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery he started with the Emancipation Proclamation. It was issued on January 1, 1863, and it decreed that all slaves living in the rebellious states were "forever free" according to www.civilwar.org. Before Abraham Lincoln started to free slaves, slavery had been on American soil more than two hundred forty years says website library.mstu.edu. It was a common practice when he was trying to stop it. That didn't go over so well. After making
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