Created by the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Heritage Trail
1846
Lincoln denounced the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford as part of a conspiracy to extend slavery.
1858
Lincoln in 1858, the year of his debates with Stephen Douglas over slavery.
1862
Emancipation Proclamation
1863
LINCOLN@GETTYSBURG | The Speech | PBS
LINCOLN@GETTYSBURG | The Speech | PBS
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Lincoln presents the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet. Painted by Francis Bicknell Carpenter in 1864
1865
2nd Inaugural Address at Capital 1865
The ‘Rail Splitter’ At Work Repairing the Union.
“The Rail Splitter Repairing the Union” — a political cartoon of Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln from 1865, during the Reconstruction era of the United States (1863–1877). Cartoon print shows …
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About 2 Months prior to Lincoln’s Assassination
1868
The River Queen Painting
President Lincoln (center right) with, from left, Generals Sherman and Grant and Admiral Porter – 1868 painting of events aboard the River Queen in March 1865
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I have a Dream Speech Martin Luther King Jr. at Lincoln Memorial
2012
LINCOLN: The Spielberg Movie
Published on Sep 13, 2012 Lincoln Official Trailer #1 (2012) Steven Spielberg Movie HD As the Civil War nears its end, President Abraham Lincoln clashes with members of his cabinet …
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