Abraham Lincoln

The sixteenth president who held the Union together and ended American slavery.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing slaves in the rebelling states.
• Delivered the Gettysburg Address in under three minutes.
• Assassinated at Ford's Theatre on 14 April 1865, days after Appomattox.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: 1809 – 1865