Abraham+Lincoln-+np

Lincoln's Assassination __**
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Afret the war Lincoln gave a speech to the people describing his plan to restore the Southern states to the Union. In Lincoln's speech, he mentioned including African Americans in Southern state governments. John Wilkes Booth told a friend, "That is the last speech he will ever make." Lincoln's advisors always told him not to go out into public without escorts, but Lincoln went to a play with only his wife at Ford Theatre. John Wilkes Booth snuck behind Lincoln quitely and shot Lincoln in the back of the head. Lincoln died the next morning. Emancipation Proclimation