Abraham Lincoln
In November 1863,
a great number of people
attended a memorial service in order to commemorate those who had died in the Civil war
Soon a tall middle-aged man wearing whiskers stood on the platform and began to deliver an address
We should make this country a country of freedom and equality
So that government of the people by the people
for the people
Should take root on this Earth
The people shouted for joy all at once. The man was Abraham Lincoln
the 16th president of the United States
Who emancipated the slaves in the country.
A baby's cry resounded throughout a small cabin in Kentucky in the United States
in February 1809
People of the village went to the cabin to celebrate the birth of the baby
The baby's father lifted him and said I'll name him
Abraham Lincoln, after his grandfather
He'll surely be a great man like his grandfather
Lincoln's Family was very poor
Being unusually tall he helped his father on the farm from his childhood
His father thought highly of his son because the farm work was tough
Although his family was poor
He could not go to school with the help of his mother
Lincoln enjoyed studying a lot, but when his father was busy doing plenty of work
Lincoln helped him instead of studying
One day there was an epidemic called milk disease going around the Village
Lincoln's mother also died of the disease
His family was deeply distressed by her death
Things were in a mess and his father neglected his farm work
Nothing's going to be okay in this situation. I'll get your new mother
Wait for a while
his father came home with a new mother after a long while
She did the housework very hard and got a lot of books for Lincoln
The atmosphere was cheerful again in his family and Lincoln was absorbed in reading books
Lincoln's father disapproved of him because he was [only] reading books instead of working hard in the field and
One day his father decided to sell out his land
No, Daddy, this contract is wrong
Lincoln's father could keep his land. Thanks to Lincoln's help
Afterwards his father helped Lincoln read and study
Soon Lincoln became a young man and went to city
where he got a job working in a store. He was liked by everyone
because of his honesty and correct calculation. As a
result his store was crowded with customers every day
One day a strong troublesome Villager Armstraw picked a fight with Lincoln
They had a fair fight and lincoln defeated Armstraw
then Armstraw
Brought a group of his fellows and surrendered to Lincoln. They became close friends.
One day Lincoln was sent on an errand and
chanced to see black people being sold and
bought on the slave market
Some people are being traded and used as slaves. Just because they are of a different race
That must not be done
He never forgot the cruel scene for a long time
Lincoln ran for a State Assembly on the recommendation of his friend Armstraw and
Some other people around him.
After running unsuccessfully
for a State Assembly twice. He was elected to a State Assembly
When people asked him his job he always answered: I'm a farmer
After becoming a state assembly member he studied Law, as he had wanted to
since a long time ago,
and he passed the bar examination
He worked as a defense lawyer in favor of honest people and
provided them with legal advice if they had done something wrong
Lincoln set up a new happy home after marrying a beautiful woman called Mary Todd and
He was elected to U.S Congress some time later.
Now, I want to make my political activity more beneficial to the people
Lincoln left for Washington, the district of
politics with his family
Lincoln ran as
a Republican candidate for the presidency in the
presidential election and grew whiskers after receiving a letter from a little lady called Grace
His whiskers improved his image much better. At last,
Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States at the age of 51
As president,
Lincoln insisted more strongly that the slaves should be emanciated
After all, a
war broke out between the people of the Northern regions of the United States and the people of the Southern regions.
It was the Civil War
The war lasted for a long time until the military of the Northern regions won a victory
but Lincoln didn't hold the military of the southern regions responsible for anything wrong and
the unfairly treated black slaves were emancipated
After the end of the Civil War there were rumors of a plot to assassinate Lincoln. In April
1865, he attended an event held in the Ford's Theater.
Suddenly there was a loud bang from a gun and Lincoln fell down.
Next morning Lincoln died at the age of 56
Although he was born as a poor farmer's son, and didn't receive regular
education, he held fast to the principle of honesty and right beliefs and carried out the great
emancipation of the slaves.
Lincoln remains forever in People's memory as a great president of the United States