Abraham Lincoln? paper!?
I am working on a paper for my school and its about Abraham Lincoln. I went to colonial williamsburg and learned that Abraham Lincoln was not fully for abolishing slavery and that he said some bad things about african americans. if anyone knows where i can find info about that PLEASE give me the link. THANKS!
Answer by John J
……….Lincoln was white….which proves he wasnt “all for” freeing the MudHens. But, people also claimed he may have had a psychiatric disorder……which attributes to freeing the Mud Huns.
Answer by My Evil Twin
I’m not sure about any exact quotes on the subject, you’ll have to do your own research in that regard. But here is some information regarding the end of slavery:
The Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal in the Confederate States, was issued 22 September 1862, five months after the start of the American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865).
Lincoln’s main concern was not the abolition of slavery in America, he was primarily concerned with keeping the Union intact. It was hoped that by making slavery illegal at that time, slaves would join the Union in the fight against the Confederacy.
The proclamation did not free any slaves of the border states of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia, or any southern state (or part of a state) already under Union control. It first directly affected only those slaves who had already escaped to the Union side.
Hearing of the Proclamation, more slaves quickly escaped to Union lines as the Army units moved South. As the Union armies conquered the Confederacy, thousands of slaves were freed each day until nearly all (approximately 4 million, according to the 1860 census) were freed by July 1865.
After the war, abolitionists were concerned that since the Proclamation was a war measure, it had not permanently ended slavery. Several former slave states passed legislation prohibiting slavery; however, some slavery continued to be legal, and to exist, until the institution was ended by the sufficient states’ ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 18, 1865
I want to write a paper on abraham lincoln?
what should i do about him? like his life, or something cool that he did?
Answer by Southern Baptist
He’s known for getting the country back together through the civil war (which the north one). That was one of his greatest accomplishments. He also freed the slaves, he came from a poor background but worked his way to the top….the list goes on!
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whats a good way to end a 6 page paper about Abraham Lincoln?
I need a really good one but cant think of any
Answer by wall_coatings
a gunshot lol
Answer by Brittney B
–he’s dead.
or the impact he has made in our society today.
Answer by dnldslk
Add a quote by him, and quickly say how the quote applies either to his life or to his legacy.
Answer by Emily
“other than that, it was a very good play”
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For starters, do NOT fall into using bogus quotes (like the “warning” about the “money powers” — recently popularized by Al Gore… but Lincoln NEVER said it! [see link below] and anyone who has read Lincoln knows how UN-like Lincoln it is)
Hard to say *exactly* how you want to end, since we don’t know exactly what you plan to emphasize in your paper. But the idea of doing something with a Lincoln quote is a good one. Here are a couple of possibilities that might fit a “general” paper:
If you plan to emphasize his commitment to doing what was RIGHT, try the end of his Cooper Union Address (the one in early 1860 that gained him a lot of Eastern support for the Republican nomination):
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/cooper.htm
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If you want to leave people with his CHALLENGE to restore and rebuild, use the end of his last (and perhaps greatest) major speech, his Second Inaugural:
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.”
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html
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Here’s something that might be very suitable to an “evaluation” of his life and work — from his second annual message to Congress (in December 1862), just before issuing the final Emancipation Proclamation (which he considered his most important accomplishment). You’ll have to trim it, but here is the full last paragraph:
“Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free–honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just–a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.”
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29503
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Here is an interesting clip from a speech he gave at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, on the way to his inauguration. It emphasizes what he said was the HEART of his views — the principles of the Declaration of Independence (esp “all men are created equal”). The ending is almost chilling in light of how his story ended.. but not that he DID stick to this principle in working to SAVE the nation:
“I have often inquired of myself, what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world, if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.”
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/philadel.htm
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Or perhaps, since his sudden death deprived him of the chance to make a proper farewell, consider the moving farewell address he DID make four years earlier to his Springfield neighbors. It also provides a perspective on what he sought to and DID accomplish as President . It ends thus:
“I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of the Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.”
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/farewell.htm
No mystery in American history is ever solved because the actual facts of each case never reach the public for adequate examination and resolution. We still haven’t solved the questions of who murdered Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Zachary Taylor, not to mention who killed the Kennedy brothers or Martin Luther King. Perhaps this quote from Lincoln solves this mystery:
“The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace
and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more
despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy
and more selfish than a bureaucracy. It denounces,
as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw
light upon its crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern
Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two,
the one at the rear is my greatest foe.
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves
me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.
As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned ….
An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money
power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the
prejudices of the people… until wealth is aggregated in a few
hands … and the Republic is destroyed.”
Abraham Lincoln never meant to see his country go through a bloody civil war. Nor did Lincoln ever do things to get political position. He stood for the unity of our country because it was the right thing to do. He freed slaves because it was the right thing to do. He died because he defended what was right at a time that people were willing to kill in order to do what was wrong. A great man always stands for what is right. Abraham Lincoln was a great man.