Abraham Lincoln

I am going to blog about one of the great leaders in history, Abraham Lincoln.(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) . I am going to blog about him because I had read a comic strip about him in my primary school when I was primary 6. I was touched by the comic as it depicts Lincoln helping the slaves to be free,who were blacks. But sadly, Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. He was the 16th president of U.S. and he successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War. He preserved the Union and put an ending to slavery. But he was criticised by the Copperheads for refusing to compromise on the salvery issue. Also, Radical Republicians, an abolitionist faction of the Republican Party, criticized him for moving too slowly in abolishing slavery. Still, he successfully rallied public opinion through his rhetoric and speeches, which Obama did to get elected for the president of U.S. Their speeches have make influence on people to believe in them. Lincoln brought the leaders of each faction into his cabinet to make them cooperate. When he was young, he saw black slaves being treated badly such as a mother being pulled away from her child to be sold to buyers. Lincoln immediately was disgusted by it and wanted to abolish slavery as he felt hurt for those slaves. I admired his determination to influence the country and help them despite some difficulties he faced. He aslo managed to led the country through the Civil War, which not many leaders can do.