Olayode juliana biography of abraham lincoln

In it was the germ which has vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.

Olayode juliana biography of abraham lincoln

In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union — in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen. On May 18,William H. Seward, Salmon P. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.

Throughout the turbulent s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals.