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Why Abraham Lincoln viewed the city of New Orleans
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Why Abraham Lincoln viewed the city of New Orleans

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In 1828, a teen aged Abraham Lincoln guided a flatboat down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. The adventure marked his first visit to a major city and exposed him to the nation's largest slave marketplace.


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