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hornpunt5445
hornpunt5445
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Did Abraham Lincoln have any slaves?

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Posted by hornpunt5445 on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 12:21 PM and tagged with abraham lincoln, slaves.

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  1. cburr
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    No, Abraham Lincoln never owned slaves.  Some other Presidents did, such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

    Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, a slave state, but his family opposed slavery.  They later moved to Indiana and then Illinois, both of which were free states.

    Abraham Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd, did come from a wealthy slave-owning family in Kentucky.  It took her some time to adjust to a life without slaves, as she had always had someone else to perform the household chores.

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    Posted by cburr on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM