Abraham Lincoln was born in
Kentucky. He liked to read books. He married
Mary Todd and they had 4 sons. After becoming a lawyer he was the president. In the 1800s many people in the south owned slaves. The civil war began in 1861. In 1863 Abraham signed a paper called the
Emancipation Proclamation. It helped free slaves. Some people didn't agree with Abraham's ideas. John Wilkes shot Abraham on April 14, 1865. Abraham died the next morning. Abraham helped change the United States. He helped end slavery.
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