Why Was Abraham Lincoln A Good Leader

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president that freed the slaves but before he was able to do that he had to stop it from spreading like a disease it was pretty much was.Lincoln was tired of slavery and the violence and stupidity of the people caused by slavery.Abraham Lincoln has done an incredible amount of work even unrelated to slavery and that is one reason why he was such a great leader.Lincoln was originally going to be a lawyer and he ran for senator but failed but there was people who thought he ran a strong campaign and they shared the same interests so Lincoln ran for office and won.Lincoln’s first priority was to end slavery all together and he tried but he also knew had to do something else because he knew that if he was unable to

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