Giuseppe Garibaldi, 6 August 1863 letter to Lincoln, as quoted in Garibaldi (Great Lives Observed) by Denis Mack Smith
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Posterity will call you the great emancipator, a more enviable title than any crown could be, and greater than any merely mundane treasure.
— Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer and politician, steered the United States through its most tumultuous period, the Civil War. His unwavering commitment to preserving the Union and abolishing slavery forever altered the course of American history and enshrined him as a champion of equality and justice.
About Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer and politician, steered the United States through its most tumultuous period, the Civil War. His unwavering commitment to preserving the Union and abolishing slavery forever altered the course of American history and enshrined him as a champion of equality and justice.
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