Lincoln 2 Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in small log cabin, in Kentucky. One of his cousins older cousins predicted that he would never amount to anything in life. When he was little he would help with his father by planting seeds. Kentucky was a predominantly a slave-owned state. His parents Tom and Nancy Lincoln owned a baptist church and were completely opposed to slavery. So they decided to leave Kentucky to a newly made state Indian; where slavery there at the time was prohibited. Within three years of living in a new state his mother Nancy died of “milk sickness” a disease acquired by drinking milk from cows which had eaten snakeroot. His father Tom remarried. In school Abraham was a hard working student. He was always eager and willing to learn. It has been …show more content…
In December of 1847, Lincoln had met up with congressman who were determined to fight to protect the lives of salves. From the Capitol building he could see the prison that the slaves were in. This sight truly terrified him and he couldn't believe that a human could been treated the way slaves were treated. But there was really nothing he could do about it. Eventually being so fed up with slavery. He decided to propose a law to that would end slavery in Washington D.C. He believed that there should be no slavey in the nations Capitol. The law promised slaved owners that they could vote on approving this law. In way giving them the right to agree or not. Congress eventually refused to pass the law and slavery was still allowed for the next thirteens. His career in congress ended in only one term. He had agreed to let another politician to take his place, although he really wanted another term he had kept his promise. So he head back to his home. He believed that he would never be re-elected to serve in a political office again. If things couldn't get worse his son died from a sickness, devastating him and his wife. His political life was “down”. Lincoln