Essay On Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln was unjust because he was an leader for the country and ended slavery. However some people thought he wasn't the right leader for america. It was April 4, 1865. Lincoln was attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln didn't think his life was going to end that night . He was attending the play with his wife and a few of his children.But what was going through John Wilkes Booth’s mind was Abraham Lincoln dying that night.
Abraham Lincoln was a leader for the country. He played a vital role as being the leader for preserving the union during the Civil War. How did he do that you might ask? This issue became extremely important by Abraham Lincoln reaching out to people by writing …show more content…
letters.Some people had believed that Lincoln could not resolve the issue of the civil war and comments about that were posted to an editorial in the New York Tribune. This Newspaper went all around and soon people were thiking that he couldnt resolve this world-wide issue.Lincoln had sent a letter to the person who had wrote the article and he stated “I would save the Union. … If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it. … What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union.”
Lincoln soon enough meet with the cabinet members and discusses the Emancipation Proclamation and soon issued it on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation states "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Lincoln abolished Slavery on September 22, 1862.("Why Ending Slavery Wasn't His Simple." The Washington Post 24 Feb. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.) The slaves were soon free January 1 , 1863. Lincoln had also expressed moral opposition to slavery both private and public. The states were happy and so were the slaves were. ‘Honest Abe'—a characterization that he never dishonored, an abbreviation that he never] outgrew. He was everybody's friend, the best-natured, the most sensible, the best-informed, the most modest and unassuming, the kindest, gentlest, roughest, strongest, best fellow in all New Salem and the region round about.( J.G. Holland ).
Some people seem to believe that Abraham Lincoln's assassination was just.
"I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races...I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people." (Abraham Lincoln Zinn 184). That quote had spoke to people as he gave that speech. They were thinking is he the right president? Should he be alive? That what John Wilkes booth was wondering. Booth and others didn't like Lincoln. They didn't think he was “Honest Abe” at all. So Booth took action and made a plan to kill Abraham Lincoln.
However Abraham Lincoln assassination was unjust because he was a leader for the country and he ended slavery. when people thought he didn't care he did."My declarations upon this subject of negro slavery may be misrepresented, but can not be misunderstood. I have said that I do not understand the Declaration (of Independence) to mean that all men were created equal in all respects." In this quote he is stating that he does care about the treatment of blacks. He is saying if all men were created the same and equal in all respects then why is there
slaves?
Abraham Lincoln was a great leader for the country because he remained brave and preserved when he preserved the union during the Civil War.He ended slavery and as that issue it being the most influential issue in american history. He expressed moral opposition to slavery both private and public. He also expected to bring the extinction of slavery to and end. Some people might have believed that he wasn't the right leader for america. The reasons above proves Abraham Lincoln should have not been assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln was a leader for the country. He played a vital role as being the leader for preserving the union during the Civil War. How did he do that you might ask? This issue became extremely important by Abraham Lincoln reaching out to people by writing …show more content…
letters.Some people had believed that Lincoln could not resolve the issue of the civil war and comments about that were posted to an editorial in the New York Tribune. This Newspaper went all around and soon people were thiking that he couldnt resolve this world-wide issue.Lincoln had sent a letter to the person who had wrote the article and he stated “I would save the Union. … If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it. … What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union.”
Lincoln soon enough meet with the cabinet members and discusses the Emancipation Proclamation and soon issued it on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation states "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Lincoln abolished Slavery on September 22, 1862.("Why Ending Slavery Wasn't His Simple." The Washington Post 24 Feb. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.) The slaves were soon free January 1 , 1863. Lincoln had also expressed moral opposition to slavery both private and public. The states were happy and so were the slaves were. ‘Honest Abe'—a characterization that he never dishonored, an abbreviation that he never] outgrew. He was everybody's friend, the best-natured, the most sensible, the best-informed, the most modest and unassuming, the kindest, gentlest, roughest, strongest, best fellow in all New Salem and the region round about.( J.G. Holland ).
Some people seem to believe that Abraham Lincoln's assassination was just.
"I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races...I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people." (Abraham Lincoln Zinn 184). That quote had spoke to people as he gave that speech. They were thinking is he the right president? Should he be alive? That what John Wilkes booth was wondering. Booth and others didn't like Lincoln. They didn't think he was “Honest Abe” at all. So Booth took action and made a plan to kill Abraham Lincoln.
However Abraham Lincoln assassination was unjust because he was a leader for the country and he ended slavery. when people thought he didn't care he did."My declarations upon this subject of negro slavery may be misrepresented, but can not be misunderstood. I have said that I do not understand the Declaration (of Independence) to mean that all men were created equal in all respects." In this quote he is stating that he does care about the treatment of blacks. He is saying if all men were created the same and equal in all respects then why is there
slaves?
Abraham Lincoln was a great leader for the country because he remained brave and preserved when he preserved the union during the Civil War.He ended slavery and as that issue it being the most influential issue in american history. He expressed moral opposition to slavery both private and public. He also expected to bring the extinction of slavery to and end. Some people might have believed that he wasn't the right leader for america. The reasons above proves Abraham Lincoln should have not been assassinated.