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Why is Abraham Lincoln counted as a celebrity?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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He was far and away the most talented man ever to become President of the USA. Also the Americans like to celebrate his humble background, even though the log-cabin legend has been rather exaggerated.

His official sainthood as liberator of the slaves is more dubious. He proclaimed the freedom of Southern slaves, purely as a wartime tactic to keep the British from aiding the Confederates. He was not an Abolitionist; indeed he was selected as the Republican candidate because he was moderate on the slavery question.

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