Abraham Lincoln: The Abolishment Of The Slavery System

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When we are talking about the causes of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the civil war, and American slavery system have to be mentioned. The abolishment of the slavery system was always recognized as the greatest contributing factor. Abraham Lincoln was elected to be president in 1860. His presidency was a significant threat to the seven slavery states in the south. In January 1861, seven southern slave states declared their independence from the U.S and they established their union named the Confederate State of America. And later it claimed two more states were in the union because the slavery system had its westward expansion. (Kaplan, 4). But it hadn’t been seen as a country in diplomatic affairs.