The decades of the 1840s and 1850s saw the emergence of slavery as a major political issue. Lincoln was soon elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1834. In April 1837, Lincoln relocated to Springfield, Illinois to start his career in law. His stepmother saw his potential for greatness and encouraged him further. Undeterred, and encouraged by his stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln, Lincoln continued to follow his ambitions. His first love Ann Rutledge died in 1835, possibly of typhoid. Her death strained the relationship between Lincoln and his father.Īs tragedy kept rearing its ugly face, a few years later, Lincoln’s sister Sarah Lincoln, died due to childbirth. While not much is known about Nancy Hanks, she was a strong woman and died when Lincoln was only 9 years old, of dairy poisoning. It was, however, due to his loving his mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln that he did eventually learned to read and write. His father would even burn Lincoln’s books so that he wouldn’t get distracted from his work. Yet he had an innate desire to learn, read, write, and educate himself. He would split and chop down trees, plough fields and dig wells. Born on 12 th February 1809, young Lincoln’s father Thomas Lincoln made him work at a tender young age. A Uniquely Ambitious ManĪbraham Lincoln’s early childhood years were splattered with hardships. Goodwin, is a closer look into his life, how he led the country into greatness by keeping the northern front united, putting an end to slavery, and winning the Civil War. His ability to inspire, political genius, and the strength in his vision had the ability to change the course of a country’s history. Abraham Lincoln is touted as the ‘greatest President there ever was’.
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