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• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM° — (1809–1865), 16th president of the United States; first president to become officially involved in   national questions of Jewish equality and anti Jewish discrimination. Lincoln participated in two matters of Jewish historic significance. The… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Lincoln,Abraham — Lincoln, Abraham. 1809 1865. The 16th President of the United States (1861 1865), who led the Union during the Civil War and emancipated slaves in the South (1863). He was assassinated shortly after the end of the war by John Wilkes Booth. * * * …   Universalium

• Lincoln, Abraham — born Feb. 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Ky., U.S. died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C. 16th president of the U.S. (1861–65). Born in a Kentucky log cabin, he moved to Indiana in 1816 and to Illinois in 1830. After working as a storekeeper, a rail… …   Universalium

• LINCOLN, Abraham — (1809–1865)    The president of the United States during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln played a key role in the ending of the war and the beginning of westward settlement, a role that is an understood subtext of many Westerns. Although during… …   Westerns in Cinema

• Lincoln, Abraham — (1809–1865)    Sixteenth President of the United States and commander in chief of the Union during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Lincoln’s nomination by the Republican Party for the presidency and subsequent election was itself prominent… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Lincoln, Abraham — ► (1809 65) Político estadounidense. Fue el decimosexto presidente de E.U.A. en 1860 65. En 1856 formó parte del Partido Republicano. En las elecciones presidenciales de 1860 se presentó como candidato con un programa por el que limitaba la… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM —    sixteenth President of the United States, born near Hodgensville, Kentucky; spent his boyhood there and in the Indiana forests, and picked up some education in the backwoods schools; passed some years in rough work; he was clerk in a store at… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Lincoln, Abraham — (1809 1865)    Fourteenth president of the United States.    Index: B Believed by George Brown to be favourable to renewal of Reciprocity Treaty, 192.    Bib.: For biog. sketch, and bibliog. of lives, see Cyc. Am. Biog.; Larned, Lit. Am. Hist …   The makers of Canada

• Abraham Lincoln — [ eɪbrəhæm liŋkən] (* 12. Februar 1809 bei …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Abraham Lincoln — «Lincoln» redirige aquí. Para otras acepciones, véase Lincoln (desambiguación). Abraham Lincoln …   Wikipedia Español

• Abraham Lincoln on slavery — Abraham Lincoln s position on freeing the slaves was one of the central issues in American history. Though Abraham Lincoln was one of the people identified as most responsible for the abolition of slavery, he did not initially take the position… …   Wikipedia