Something I learned....
During the town hall meeting, I heard about a lot of different people. The one person that should out to me was Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Larue County, Kentucky. He was raised in a one room log cabin and both his parents were nearly illiterate. However, his parents encouraged his to learn how to read and write.
He was abolitionist, which means he was a person who favors to end slavery or end the practice slavery. In 1832, he was elected captain of the Black Hawk War, volunteering to lead a platoon of men to fight the Indians. In 1834, he ran for State Legislature and was elected. I kept running and then was elected for this position in the following years of 1836, 1838, and 1840. He left office in 1841 but returned in 1846 to win the Whig nomination for a seat from the Illinois seventh congressional district to the U.S. House of Representatives.
When he was elected president in the year 1860, my main goal was to end slavery. He once stated “If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.” This quote went on to support my passion for ending slavery. In 1862, three years into the Civil War, his role as Commander in Chief to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order issued by me, effective Jan. 1, 1863. This Proclamation would free all slaves. The proclamation he issued also allowed for the acceptance of black men into the Union army, allowing the people who were once held captive to fight back against supporters of their imprisonment.
He also heavily supported the 13th Amendment, which forever abolished slavery. This amendment was passed in April of 1864 and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. He insisted and pushed for the installment of the 13th Amendment, knowing that once it was written as an Amendment to the Constitution, it would have to be taken very seriously.
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