... president was assassinated. President Abraham Lincoln was attending a comedy entitled "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. when "A shadowy figure stepped into the box, stretched out his arm, aimed a small derringer pistol at the back of Lincoln's head, and pulled the trigger" (Freedman 123). Clara Harris, Henry Rathbone, And Mary Todd (Lincoln's wife) all accompanied Lincoln in the state box that ... April 11, proposing that voting rights be given to blacks. Thus, Booth schemed and plotted to assassinate Lincoln instead ("Summary of Assassination"[online]). Then, p...

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... nations have problems with the president. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while attending a special performance comedy name "Our American Cousin". He was in Ford's Theater with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln when it all happened. An officer named Major Henry R. Rathbone and his fiancée also accompanied him. Then an actor John Wilkes Booth got inside the presidential box and assassinated Lincoln. Booth ... ...

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