The ENTIRE History of Abraham Lincoln in 12 Minutes

Abraham Lincoln had less than a year of formal schooling, lost race after race, and was hated by half the country, yet he held the United States together and became its first assassinated president. This video tells the full story of Lincoln and asks one question: did he really free the slaves? From his log cabin birth in Kentucky and his years as a prairie lawyer, through the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the election of eighteen sixty, Fort Sumter, Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, Grant and Sherman, the Thirteenth Amendment, and Appomattox, to the night at Ford’s Theatre, the funeral train, and his legacy at the Lincoln Memorial. We note where historians disagree. 00:00 - Introduction & The Lincoln Paradox 01:18 - Early Life & Humble Beginnings 02:01 - Early Career, Law & Marriage 02:55 - Return to Politics & The Rise of the Republican Party 03:36 - The 1860 Election & Secession Crisis 04:44 - Outbreak of the Civil War 05:35 - Personal Tragedy & Wartime Struggles 06:02 - Antietam & The Path to Emancipation 07:18 - Emancipation Proclamation & Black Soldiers 07:53 - Gettysburg Address & Turning the Tide 08:20 - General Grant & Reelection (1864) 08:56 - 13th Amendment & The Fall of Richmond 09:23 - Lee's Surrender & John Wilkes Booth's Plot 10:06 - Assassination at Ford's Theatre 10:48 - Nationwide Mourning & Manhunt 11:14 - Did Lincoln Really Free the Slaves? 11:42 - Legacy & The Lincoln Memorial SOURCES & FURTHER READING Goodwin, Doris Kearns. “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.” Simon & Schuster, 2005 McPherson, James M. “Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.” Oxford University Press, 1988 Foner, Eric. “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.” W. W. Norton, 2010 Guelzo, Allen C. “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America.” Simon & Schuster, 2004 Donald, David Herbert. “Lincoln.” Simon & Schuster, 1995 White, Ronald C. “A. Lincoln: A Biography.” Random House, 2009 Swanson, James L. “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer.” William Morrow, 2006 Library of Congress, “Abraham Lincoln Papers”: loc.gov National Park Service, Lincoln Memorial and Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site: nps.gov Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Abraham Lincoln”: britannica.com Which empire or person should we cover next? Tell us in the comments. #AbrahamLincoln #Lincoln #CivilWar #TheLastEmpire #AmericanHistory #History #WorldHistory #ancienthumans #GeniusHistory #Chronofold #Inkly #LastEmpire #HistoryTabOpen #HistoryInMinutes