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Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1909

Page

6

Lincoln and the Road to the Presidency Excerpt

A detailed narrative recounts Abraham Lincoln's rise from humble origins to national leadership. It covers his Indiana youth, New Salem honesty, Civil War service, political battles with Stephen A. Douglas, the Freeport debates, and the 1860 Cooper Union speech, highlighting core ideas on liberty, slavery, and union.

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