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Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in Kentucky in a log cabin to poor parents. He had little formal education but taught himself through reading. He became a lawyer and was elected to the Illinois legislature and later to Congress. As President during the Civil War, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves. Though he hoped to avoid war, he was determined to prevent the expansion of slavery into new states and territories. Lincoln led the country during this crisis with wisdom, courage a

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