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2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. As part of the Lincoln Bicentennial, and in connection with our documentary Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency, we’ve created a series of segments looking at Lincoln’s life here in central Illinois and how his years spent as a traveling lawyer on the Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit helped make him one of our nation’s greatest presidents. Tonight we’ll examine how Lincoln’s thoughts on slavery evolved over the years and how race played an increasingly important part in his political life.
Segment duration: 05:35
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Producer: Steve Drake & Alison Davis Wood
Editor: Steve Drake
This segment is filed in these categories: Ethnicity/Culture • History • Illinois Culture/History
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