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{{Infobox politician|name=Abraham Lincoln|image_size=200|birth_date=February 12, 1809|birth_place=Hodgenville, [[Kentucky]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=April 15, 1865|death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], United States|death_cause=Assassination|political_party=[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (1834–1856)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1856–1865)|image=Abraham Lincoln.png}}
{{Infobox politician|name=Abraham Lincoln|image_size=200|birth_date=February 12, 1809|birth_place=Hodgenville, [[Kentucky]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=April 15, 1865 (aged 56)|death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], United States|death_cause=Assassination by gunshot|nationality=Statesian|political_orientation=[[Liberalism]]<br>[[Confederate States of America|Anti-seperatism]]<br>[[White supremacy]]<br>[[Settler colonialism]]|political_party=[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (1834–1856)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1856–1865)|image=Abraham Lincoln.png}}


'''Abraham Lincoln''' (February 12, 1809 – April 5, 1865) was a Statesian politician who served as the 16th [[President of the United States]] from 1861 to 1865. He opposed [[slavery]] but did not believe in full equality for Black people.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Liberalism and Racial Slavery: A Unique Twin Birth|page=55|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> Lincoln initially considered the [[Statesian Civil War|Civil War]] a war against [[Confederate States of America (1861–1865)|separatism]] and not slavery and allowed slavery to continue in states that did not secede.<ref name=":122">{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Crisis of the English and American Models|page=166|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref>
'''Abraham Lincoln''' (February 12, 1809 – April 5, 1865) was a Statesian politician who served as the 16th [[President of the United States]] from 1861 to 1865. He opposed [[slavery]] but did not believe in full equality for Black people.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Liberalism and Racial Slavery: A Unique Twin Birth|page=55|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> Lincoln initially considered the [[Statesian Civil War|Civil War]] a war against [[Confederate States of America (1861–1865)|separatism]] and not slavery and allowed slavery to continue in states that did not secede.<ref name=":122">{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Crisis of the English and American Models|page=166|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref>


== Senate career ==
== Senate career ==
In the 1840s, Lincoln criticized President [[James K. Polk|Polk]]'s invasion of [[Mexican United States|Mexico]] and believed only [[United States Congress|Congress]] should have the power to declare war.<ref name=":022">{{Citation|author=[[Michael Parenti]]|year=2000|title=To Kill a Nation|chapter=NATO's War Crimes|page=117|pdf=https://leftychan.net/edu/src/1614706295182-3.pdf|publisher=Verso}}</ref>
In the 1840s, Lincoln criticized President [[James K. Polk|Polk]]'s [[Mexican–Statesian War|invasion of Mexico]] and believed only [[United States Congress|Congress]] should have the power to declare war.<ref name=":022">{{Citation|author=[[Michael Parenti]]|year=2000|title=To Kill a Nation|chapter=NATO's War Crimes|page=117|pdf=https://leftychan.net/edu/src/1614706295182-3.pdf|publisher=Verso}}</ref>
 
== Homestead Act ==
In 1862, Lincoln passed the Homestead Act, allowing [[Settler colonialism|settlers]] to claim 160 acres of land. They could get this land for free after five years or after six months if they paid and could get even more land with timber culture or desert land claims, which they did not have to live on. Most of this land went to land speculators or large landowners instead of individual families. The Morrill Act and Pacific Railroad Act also stole land from natives to establish universities and railroads.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz]]|year=2014|title=An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States|chapter="Indian Country"|pdf=https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/10601/An%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Ortiz.pdf|city=Boston, Massachusetts|publisher=Beacon Press|isbn=9780807000403|page=140–1}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:1809 births]]
[[Category:1865 deaths]]
[[Category:Presidents of the United States]]
[[Category:Statesians of English descent]]

Latest revision as of 23:02, 15 July 2024

Abraham Lincoln
BornFebruary 12, 1809
Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States
DiedApril 15, 1865 (aged 56)
Washington, D.C., United States
Cause of deathAssassination by gunshot
NationalityStatesian
Political orientationLiberalism
Anti-seperatism
White supremacy
Settler colonialism
Political partyWhig (1834–1856)
Republican (1856–1865)


Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 5, 1865) was a Statesian politician who served as the 16th President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He opposed slavery but did not believe in full equality for Black people.[1] Lincoln initially considered the Civil War a war against separatism and not slavery and allowed slavery to continue in states that did not secede.[2]

Senate career[edit | edit source]

In the 1840s, Lincoln criticized President Polk's invasion of Mexico and believed only Congress should have the power to declare war.[3]

Homestead Act[edit | edit source]

In 1862, Lincoln passed the Homestead Act, allowing settlers to claim 160 acres of land. They could get this land for free after five years or after six months if they paid and could get even more land with timber culture or desert land claims, which they did not have to live on. Most of this land went to land speculators or large landowners instead of individual families. The Morrill Act and Pacific Railroad Act also stole land from natives to establish universities and railroads.[4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Liberalism and Racial Slavery: A Unique Twin Birth' (p. 55). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]
  2. Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Crisis of the English and American Models' (p. 166). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]
  3. Michael Parenti (2000). To Kill a Nation: 'NATO's War Crimes' (p. 117). [PDF] Verso.
  4. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2014). An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: '"Indian Country"' (pp. 140–1). [PDF] Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807000403