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Personal Narrative: I Am Abe Lincoln

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I am Abe lincoln, the 16th president. When I became president many states withdraw from the union. I wanted to do good within this country, and having the country split up into two sides made it harder for my goal to become a reality. So I did what I could only do and declared a civil war. After they declare Civil War, I had no choice but to fight back in to get the confederacy so join us again. I live with and realize the best way to defeat them with taking the main source of power. Slavery was the main source of power in the south, so once I took that away using the Emancipation Proclamation I knew I had victory in my hands. The emancipation proclamation was a bill that ended the practice of slavery. Once the bill was passed most slaves

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