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This Day in Legal History: Lincoln is Shot at Ford’s Theatre
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth, an act that would alter the trajectory of Reconstruction and American legal history. Lincoln’s life story makes the moment even more striking: born in poverty in a Kentucky log cabin, largely self-educated, and rising through persistence rather than privilege, he embodied a form of democratic possibility rare among world leaders. Over time, his legal and political thinking evolved in meaningful ways, particularly on questions of equality and civil…
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