Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born on Sunday, February 12, 1809. He was raised in a log cabin in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Before Abraham grew up to be a knowledgeable and organized United States president, he went through a lot of social issues during his childhood. When he was 7 years of age, his family moved to southern Indiana. He went to school with his older sister who in 1919, died of milk sickness. Lincoln had served in the Black Hawk war …

…with slavery. The United States would be corrupt, and the black community today would be in ruin and in poverty. Slaves at the time of the civil war were just learning to adapt to the American society. Some African American helped each other out by smuggling fellow slaves through what was called the Underground Railroad. The Society today should reflect back on the importance of abolishing slavery to keep our nation growing strong and steady.