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Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln

Born: 1809 CE · Died: 1865 CENationality: United States

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Economic1807 CE – 1888 CE

Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Beginning with Britain's Slave Trade Act of 1807, a decades-long movement abolished the transatlantic slave trade and eventually slavery itself across the Western world, transforming global economics and establishing human rights principles.

War1861 CE – 1865 CE

American Civil War

A conflict between the Union and Confederate states over slavery and states' rights that resulted in abolition and the preservation of the United States.

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