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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|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}}


'''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>
'''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>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 18:26, 21 May 2023

Abraham Lincoln
BornFebruary 12, 1809
Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States
DiedApril 15, 1865
Washington, D.C., United States
Cause of deathAssassination
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]

References

  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]