He was six foot four inches tall and weighed one hundred and eighty pounds. He had black hair and a dark complexion. He had deep set gray eyes with black eyebrows. Ab

Lincoln was against the spread of slavery. He knew he couldn't outlaw it. He feared there would be too much violence from slave owners if he did. Many people urged him to free the slaves. They sent him petitions, newspaper editorials, speeches were made and many visitors came to the White House to get him to free the slaves. Finally on January 1, 1863 Lincoln signed the Emancipation Prodamation. It declared freedom for all slaves in area of the confederacy not under union control.

e only received about one year of schooling. He read a lot of books by borrowing them.

At nine p.m. April 14th 1865 Abe and Mary Lincoln arrived at Ford's theater. An hour later, John Wikes Booth entered the presidential box and shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head with a six-inch brass revolver. Then he jumped from the balcony to the stage yelling,"Sic semper tyrannis!" -(Latin for "Thus always to tyrants"). Abraham Lincoln died the following day-April15, 1865-at 7:22 a.m. -age 56. He had never woke up.

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