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was a great man who rose from extremely humble beginnings in Kentucky to become the president of the United States. ’s views on slavery rooting from his childhood as well as his life extending to his assassination greatly influenced the United States of Ame ....

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.... When Abraham was seven, the family moved to southern Indiana, Abraham had gone to school briefly in Kentucky and did so again in Indiana (3). In total Lincoln had a little less than one total year of education. Abraham did not have that much education because there were no teachers to teach him and his peers (Stefoff 15). Abraham also read as much as possible and he always found ways to find moments for reading. When he was plowing a field, for example, he carried a book and read a page or two at the end of each row, while the horses rested. “I never saw Abe after he was twelve that he didn’t have a book in his hand or in his pocket,” ....