Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Activity

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Abraham Lincoln (English: Abraham Lincoln; February 12, 1809, Hodgenville, Kentucky – April 15, 1865, Washington) was an American statesman, the 16th President of the United States (1861–1865), and the first from the Republican Party—an emancipator of American slaves and a national hero of the American people.