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Watch as Abraham Lincoln interacts with various New Yorkers.
As the Civil War teetered, Lincoln weighed the Emancipation Proclamation—an audacious act that reshaped the nation’s course.
Abraham Lincoln was plagued by bouts of melancholy and depression throughout his life.
The Emancipation Proclamation refocuses the purpose of the Civil War to address the issue of slavery.
Today he is known as one of the greatest American presidents, but at the time of his election no one would have predicted Lincoln's success.
