Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. Gaining presidency in the midst of the debacle of the Union, Lincoln utilized the characteristics he shared with George Washington such as “sure judgment,” “perfect balance of thoroughly sound faculties,” and “great calmness of temper, great firmness of purpose, supreme moral principle, and intense patriotism” to preserve the Union. (Britannica School) Lincoln devoted his presidency to reestablishing the Union, which he perceived as the embodiment of the ideal of self-government, under whatever means necessary. Upon winning the Civil War and emancipating the slaves, Lincoln earned the title “the Great Emancipator” (Britannica School). Abraham Lincoln was the most impartial and devoted president of the 19th century because he fought to preserve the union and emancipated the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln overcame many obstacles in his childhood, such as the death of his mother and the lack of proper education, to become one of the most successful lawyers in Illinois and president of the United States. Lincoln wrote three autobiographies in his lifetime. In the second autobiography to Jesse Fell, a long-time Republican …show more content…
The Lincoln family was originally Quakers, although Lincoln assessed that “in later times they have fallen away from the peculiar habits of that people.” (Autobiographies of 58-60). At the age of nine in the autumn of 1818, Lincoln’s mother passed away, commencing the most difficult period of his childhood as he dealt with the death of his beloved mother. Growing up, Lincoln went to school very infrequently; the amount of days he attended school only added up to one year. Despite his parents’ illiteracy Lincoln still had a longing for knowledge, which was displayed as he absorbed the only novels he could obtain to the fullest extent and taught himself math and grammar (Britannica