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'''Abraham Lincoln''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|ŋ|k|ən}} {{Respell|LINK|ən}}; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician who served as the 16th [[president of the United States]] from 1861 until [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|his assassination]] in 1865. He led the United States through the [[American Civil War]], defeating the [[Confederate States of America]] and abolished [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] in the United States. Lincoln has been remembered as the Great Emancipator because he worked to end [[slavery]] in the [[United States]].<ref name="yale2" /> Lincoln is [[Historical rankings of presidents of the United States|ranked]] in presidential historians as the greatest president in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burlingame|first1=Michael|date=4 October 2016|title=Abraham Lincoln: Impact and Legacy {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/impact-and-legacy|website=millercenter.org|language=en|accessdate=11 September 2023}}</ref>

'''Abraham Lincoln''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|ŋ|k|ən}} {{Respell|LINK|ən}}; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician who served as the 16th [[president of the United States]] from 1861 until [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|his assassination]] in 1865. He led the United States through the [[American Civil War]], defeating the [[Confederate States of America]] and abolished [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] in the United States. Lincoln has been remembered as the Great Emancipator because he worked to end [[slavery]] in the [[United States]].<ref name="yale2">{{cite book|last=Hodes|first=Martha|author-link=Martha Hodes|year=2015|title=Mourning Lincoln|publisher=Yale University Press|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=59ZtBgAAQBAJ}}|isbn=9780300213560}}</ref> Lincoln is [[Historical rankings of presidents of the United States|ranked]] in presidential historians as the greatest president in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burlingame|first1=Michael|date=4 October 2016|title=Abraham Lincoln: Impact and Legacy {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/impact-and-legacy|website=millercenter.org|language=en|accessdate=11 September 2023}}</ref>

== Life ==

== Life ==

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in [[Hodgenville, Kentucky]], [[United States]]. His parents were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. His family was very poor.<ref name="lincolnbook">{{cite book |last=Thornton |first=Brian |author2= Richard W. Donley |title=101 things you didn't know about Lincoln: loves and losses, political power |url=https://archive.org/details/101thingsyoudidn0000thor |publisher=Adams Media |date=October 31, 2005 |isbn=978-1-59337-399-3 |language=English}}</ref> Abraham had one brother and one sister. His brother died in childhood. They grew up in a small [[log cabin]], with just one room inside. Although slavery was legal in Kentucky at that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious [[Baptist]], [[:refuse|refused]] to own any [[slave]]s.  

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in [[Hodgenville, Kentucky]], [[United States]]. His parents were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. His family was very poor.<ref name="lincolnbook">{{cite book |last=Thornton |first=Brian |author2= Richard W. Donley |title=101 things you didn't know about Lincoln: loves and losses, political power |url=https://archive.org/details/101thingsyoudidn0000thor |publisher=Adams Media |date=October 31, 2005 |isbn=978-1-59337-399-3 |language=English}}</ref> Abraham had one brother and one sister. His brother died in childhood. They grew up in a small [[log cabin]], with just one room inside. Although slavery was legal in Kentucky at that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious [[Baptist]], [[:refuse|refused]] to own any [[slave]]s.  

File:Lincoln O-17 by Brady, 1860.png|''Abraham Lincoln'', a portrait by [[Mathew Brady]] taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's [[Cooper Union speech]] in New York City

File:Lincoln O-17 by Brady, 1860.png|''Abraham Lincoln'', a portrait by [[Mathew Brady]] taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's [[Cooper Union speech]] in New York City

File:The Rail Candidate.jpg|''The Rail Candidate'', a critical [[Currier and Ives]] illustration, which depicted Lincoln's platform in the [[1860 United States presidential election|1860 presidential campaign]] as being held up by a slave and his party

File:The Rail Candidate.jpg|''The Rail Candidate'', a critical [[Currier and Ives]] illustration, which depicted Lincoln's platform in the [[1860 United States presidential election|1860 presidential campaign]] as being held up by a slave and Horace Greeley

File:Lincoln LadyPNG.jpg|Lincoln was mocked by opposition papers falsely claiming that he snuck into Washington in disguise after the 1860 election.

File:Lincoln LadyPNG.jpg|Lincoln was mocked by opposition papers falsely claiming that he snuck into Washington in disguise after the 1860 election.