The Legacy Of Abraham Lincoln - 1873 Words

Abraham Lincoln, son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, was born February 12, 1809. He grow up in Hodgenville, Kentucky in a period when slavery was legal. His father Thomas did not approve slavery reason why his family didn’t own any slaves. Thomas Lincoln move to Indiana in 1816 with is family and two years later his wife died of milk sickness. The life in Indiana not being what they wanted Thomas then decided to move is family to Illinois. We have to know where Abraham came from in order to understand is political orientation in order to be able to make a judgment on what he may have or not done right and wrong. At the age of 23 Abraham decided to leave his parent to live on his own. And later started his political career by joining the†¦show more content†¦After lost his son, Edward, in 1850 Abraham took a break from politics to focus on his family. Later after his son Thomas birth in 1853 he decided to go back in to politic in order to stop the spread of slavery in the USA. Popular Sovereignty is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives who are the source of all political power. Senator Douglas was trying to make people to vote if slavery should continue or bane from the USA. Abraham was against slavery and took action to fight The Kansas-Nebraska Act and also against Senator Douglas. He then left the Whig party to join the Republican Party and to a shot in 1858 against Douglas for the senate in one of his speech Lincoln said â€Å"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved- I do not expect the house to fall- but I do expect it will cease to be divided. â€Å" Although Lincoln wasn’t popular, The Republicans think is ready to be vice president or even better president of the United States. But he self wasn’t convince of his chance due to his unpopularity and past failure. His Party convince him to give it a try, in 1960 he was invited at the Copper Union in New York City and the speech that he gave was so powerful that it became so popular. That even gave a boost into his popularity and get him