Abraham Lincoln • Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky. • Abraham loved reading and would walk several miles just to borrow a book. • In 1836, Lincoln became a lawyer. He first practiced law in Springfield, Illinois. • Married to Mary Todd and t...
Frederick Baily was born a slave in February 1818 on Holmes Hill Farm, near the town of Easton on Maryland's Eastern Shore. ... He spent his childhood playing in the woods near his grandmother's cabin. ... But new laws passed by southern state legislators made it increasingly difficult for owners to free their slaves. ...
In addition to the economic plight of blacks, former Confederate officials once again took over the legislature of the South and created new Francois 2 laws to accommodate their bigotry and racism. Among these new laws were the hated Black Codes, basically a legalized reinstitution of slavery. ... After four years of near-endless fighting, the South was devastated economically. ... Soon after 1877, the infamous Jim Crow laws were enacted, completely segregating blacks and whites, unequally, for the next 80 years. ...
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky. ... After Anne's death, Abraham began to study law in Springfield, because of the relocation of the State Capital in 1837. A year after moving to Springfield and studying law, Abraham opened up a law office with John Stuart. ...
William Tecumseh Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8, 1820 in the town of Lancaster, Ohio. When Sherman was nine years old his father died. Sherman was then raised by Senator Thomas Ewing and wound up marrying into the family. Senator Ewing was able to use his influence t...
Frederick Bailey's life started in February 1818, he was born in Tuckahoe near Easton in Maryland.1 His mother was Harriet Baily, and Frederick Douglass describes his father as being white but he did not know him; however, there were rumors that Aaron Anthony was Douglass's father.2 Aaron Anthony was the man who owned the farm Douglass was born on.2 Frederick Douglass only saw his mother a handful of times in his life, mainly because that she hired out to Mr. Stewart who was twelve miles away and never had a chance to meet with him, so he was taken care for by his grandmother, Betsey...
CHILDHOOD YEARS DATE OF BIRTH: FEBRUARY 7, 1817 PLACE OF BIRTH: TUCKAHOE, MD FREDERICK WASHINGTON BAIELY WAS BORN A SLAVE IN 1817 ON HOLMES FARM NEAR TOWN OF EASTON ON MARLYAND"S EASTERN SHORE. ... IN 1894 HE DELIVERS HIS LAST GREAT ADRESS, "LESSONS OF THE HOUR," A POWERFUL BURST OF HIS OLD -TIME FURY AGAINST LYNCH LAW IN THE SOUTH .IN 1895 FEBRUARY 20 ATTENDS NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN IN WASHINGTON D.C. ...
When Lincoln moved to Springfield in 1834 he began to study law and was admitted to the bar two years later. ... Also, during the Civil War, on November 19th, 1863, on a battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, President Lincoln presented to the people his vision for a nation, conceived in liberty where everyone is created equal. ...
