Abraham Lincoln is known as the sixteenth president of the United States. I’m not going to lie, going into this topic that was all that I knew about him. After learning about him and the things that he accomplished, I now feel that he was one of the best presidents that we had because he made great changes and used his power properly. I consider him a strong president because he was very passionate about his opinions, he was against slavery, and he worked hard to abolish slavery and provide equal rights to the people.
As a whole, Lincoln did so much for the United States and one thing that stood out to me was that he was so passionate about his beliefs. Lincoln was so set on abolishing slavery and even had numerous debates with Stephen A. Douglas to show how much this meant to him. These debates focused on slavery and their stances on what they think of certain topics. For example, something that they discussed were general beliefs. Lincoln felt that slavery should be abolished because it’s the one thing that was putting our liberty in danger. On the other hand, Douglas felt that …show more content…
Throughout his time as president Lincoln had made many speeches about numerous topics and arguments such as the Gettysburg Address and his first and second inaugural addresses.I think that Lincoln's Peoria Speech covered several main points on why slavery should be abolished. Abraham Lincoln mentioned how slaves were people, not animals and that they deserved natural rights just like everyone else. He also related back to the Declaration of Independence and how it stated that ‘all men are created equal’, yet by one man making a slave of another it doesn’t really follow that. All in all, Lincoln made many efforts in abolishing slavery and really put all of his hard work into making changes for fairness and equality for all regardless of race, religion or