Abraham Lincoln Essay Examples

February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer and statesman, served as the 16th president of the United States (1861 - 1865).

Abraham issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.
Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, bolstering government, and modernizing the economy.