Abraham Lincoln issued his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
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Abraham Lincoln outlawed business with the Confederate States during the Civil War.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
Abraham Lincoln issued an order called 'eye-for-eye,' allowing Union soldiers to one rebel prisoner for every black prisoner the Confederacy shot.
Former President Abraham Lincoln ordered the emancipation of slaves across the US from January 1, 1863.
