Saturday, April 3, 2010

People with a Large Effect on the South

I'm not quite 100% sure on when my blog topic date is, but I'm going to introduce a topic and feel free to follow it if you want to.

The person I choose who had a huge effect on the South is Abraham Lincoln. Born in Kentucky, he was considered Southern and grew up farming, hunting, fishing, and doing chores. He would be the United States 16th president and have a great impact on the South, and the world.

"It started in 1832 when he ran for a seat at the Illinois House of Representatives. Lincoln was later elected for that seat and started his plea to end slavery. He soon grew more popular and more began to hear his opinions."

With him being sworn in to presidency on March 4, 1861, a civil war would start against the South one month later. After the South was defeated and the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, slavery was abolished in the United States. This would change the South entirely, especially the ways its economy worked.

"Abraham Lincoln made an enormous, and important difference in the world, he abolished slavery. This was important because, if he would not have abolished slavery there is a chance slavery would still exist. That means no freedom and that’s what America is all about."

He not only created an identity for American as a free nation, but he changed an unlawful scheme which effected many people's lives greatly. He may have been hated by many, which would cause a premature death, but he made a difference in the South by abolishing slavery.

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