Abraham Lincoln’s legacy is based on his momentous achievements. He successfully waged a political struggle and civil war that reserved the union, ended slavery, and created the possibility of civil and social freedom for African Americans.
The late American president, Abraham Lincoln, issued the emancipation proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellion state and, henceforth, shall be free. His love for humanity in general was unprecedented.
Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was brought up in Kentucky, India, and Illinois in a poor family. It took determination and hard-working to raise him to the highest seat in the US on March 4, 1861- April 15, 1856. He ruled for only one year in office.
What made him unique was that he was self-educated, in 1832 he qualified as a lawyer and started practicing law. He sat in the state legislature from 1834 to 1842 and in 1846 was elected to Congress, representing the Whig party for a term. Above it all, he enforced human freedom among the black race in the United States.
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