Although slavery was legal in Kentucky at that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.
View moreIn his childhood he helped his father on the farm, but when he was 22 years old he left home and moved to New Salem, Illinois, where he worked in a general store.
View moreThe father is usually chased away soon after a litter is born though, and the mother takes care of them until they're about a year old.
View moreHis father William gates sr was a senior lawyer, and his mother, Mary, served as an executive for a major bank.
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