LINCOLNBY RUSSELL FREEDMEN

POWER POINT BY JOEL WENGER9/28

Early years

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky.He fell in a creek and almost died. [A neighbor boy saved him]He gave a fish he caught to a passing solider.He was nine when his mother died.He was an expert with an axe.When 16 he was six feet tall!He loved to read about George Washington.He Left home at 17 Years old.

Facts on civil warLincoln became the president of the Untied States in 1861. On February 1861 the south creates a government and seizes Federal forts. On March 1861 Lincoln tries to end slavery without fighting. Blacks join the army to fight. Pickett’s charge was the bloodiest battle of American history. On 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders his confederate army.

Comparison

BOTH GAVE SPEECHES BOTH WERE CONCERNED OF BLACKS TREATED UNFAIRLY

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Martin Luther King Junior was just a citizen.

Lincoln was a president of the Untied States.

Weird Comparison

Lincoln

John F. Kennedy

Both were shot in the head sitting next to their wife on a Friday.

Both were particularly concerned about civil rights.

Lincoln was shot in Fords theater and Kennedy was shot while in a Ford Lincoln.

Both were advised not to go were they were shot.

Both were shot by southerners.

Gettysburg Address

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvA0J_2ZpIQ

BIO-POEM

Abraham Lover cares freedom Lover of his children Who excels at being president Who feels slavery should be gone Who needs the war to be over Who gives to the slaves Who fears death Who would like to see equal rights Lincoln

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