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After assassinating President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth

was immediately captured.
escaped capture.
became an abolitionist.
escaped to the North.

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Answer:

Booth eluded capture for almost 2 weeks after assassinating Lincoln.

Step-by-step explanation:

He headed South, and hid in a tobacco barn where he was shot in the neck and killed the following morning.

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