Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their government. In his era, elite southern enslavers insisted that government had no ...

Visiting Abraham Lincoln's birthplace and early childhood home within the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in Kentucky, allows visitors to step back in time and imagine the humble ...

He did not lose it all.' On a later date, after the death of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and before Thomas Lincoln married a second time, he tried again to break into a larger field of activity.

The following events occurred this week in West Virginia history: Feb. 5, 1784: Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, ...