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Abraham Lincoln's Life And Social Reform

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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a cabin that was one room at stinking spring farm, south of Hodgenville, in Harden country, Kentucky. His parents names were Thomas Lincoln which was his dad`s name and his mom`s name was Nancy Lincoln. He had two siblings, he had one brother and one sister and his brother`s name was Thomas Lincoln, Jr and his sister`s name was Sarah Lincoln Grigsby. He and his family moved to Indiana when he was about seven years old and then his father had a farm that Abraham Lincoln would work, but if he didn’t have to work on his father`s farm then he would be reading voraciously.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to the state legislature in 1834. He served four terms until 1841 then he achieved prominence as

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