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2.15.25 - Part 1 (Presidents Day) · Children's Hour

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Raidli's Children's Story Hour. As a reminder,
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RADII is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. Today we will be reading from various
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books on love. Your reader today is Diane. Our first
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book is called I Will Love You, and it was
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published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Incorporated. It
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has a copyright year of twenty seventeen and the author
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is Alissa Satin Capacilli. In the very first moment, when
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you came to be, I looked at you, and you
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looked at me. The sunshine hello, in the moon wink to,
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and clouds bounced by, filled with dreams just for you. Then,
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nuzzled in a blanket of stars from the sky, with
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the twinkling light, singing a sweet each lullaby, I whispered
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these words that held you near, for all time, for
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all space, for the world to hear. I will love you.
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Speaker 2: I will love you as sure as the breeze loves
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the flowers, and as long as smooth stones talk of
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hours and hours, as you're suited by the hush of
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butterfly wings or tickled by the rainbow, a silky ring brings.
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I will love you like the velvet green hill loves
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its trees, like warm, misty shadows calling nestle with me.
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With each dandelion wish that soars to the sky, with
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each seed that blossoms.
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Speaker 1: Over low, over high. I will love you when the
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sea asks you why, when you ask the sand, When
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when you wonder and wander far and wide over again,
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when the world shares its smiles and sometimes it's blues,
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when the gift of just being wraps snugly round you,
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I will love you. And if you should call out,
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I'll call back. Here I am. I will be with
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you always, wherever I am. When the lark wicks the
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butter yellow dawn in its flight, when the firefly stands
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good night, good night, When you reach for this whisper
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of words in your ear, for all time, for all space,
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for forever everywhere, I will love you. Our next book
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is titled My Love for You All Year Round, and
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it was published by Doll Books for Young Readers, a
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division of Penguin Young Readers Group. It has a copyright
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EE of two thousand and three and the author is
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Susan L. Roth. My Love for you is warmer than
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a snow suit in January, sweeter than heart shaped chocolates
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in February, gentler than a newborn lamb in March. My
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love for you is softer than April rains, brighter than
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May wildflowers, Sunnier than the longest day in June. My
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love for you is louder than fireworks in July, and
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quieter than a lazy August afternoon. My love for you
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is rosier than a September apple, plumper than the October pumpkin,
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fuller than families in November, cozier than one hundred holiday
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hugs in December. My love for you is soft, sweeter, warmer,
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Jenceller writer louder Sonnier, quieter, plumper, rosier, fuller, cozier all
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year rounds our next set of stories are on President's
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in President's Day, and the first one is titled President's Day.
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It was published by Simon Spotlight and the imprint of
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Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division. It has a copyright
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year of two thy ten to twenty twenty one and
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it was written by Margaret nick Namara, who has a
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birthday soon asked missus Connor, i do, says Aana. Another
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famous person was born on that day, said missus Connor.
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You asked Michael, Abraham Lincoln, said a Eanna. Ay. Anna
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knew a lot about Abraham Lincoln. He was a great president.
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She said. What is a president? Asked Riza. All that
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week the first graders learned about the president's The president
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is in charge of America, said Michael, like the principal,
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said Riza. When we get older, said Anna, we will
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vote to choose our president. Not like the principal, said Risa.
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The president lives in the White House, said Neil. That
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is a very big house, said Janie. The first president
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was George Washington, said Katie. He was good at math,
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said Egan. President Tyler had fifteen children, said Emma. Teddy
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bears were named after Teddy. Roosevelt, said James. President Reagan
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was a movie star before he was a president, said Becky.
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Our president is Barack Obama, said Nia. Abraham Lincoln was
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taught in a little funny looking eight Anna said. But
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he was a very wise man. He read lots of books.
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He stopped Americans from fighting against one another. He thought
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all people were equal. When I grow up, I want
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to be a President, just like Lincoln said, Anna, when
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you grow up, I think you will, said missus Connor.
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Our next book is titled Abraham Lincoln Silvil War President,
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and it was published by Children's Press, an imprint of
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Scholastic Incorporated. It has a copy right ear of twenty
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twenty one and the author is John Peretano. Chapter one,
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Meet Abe Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was our sixteenth president. At
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the time of his presidency, the country was sharply divided.
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Slavery was legal in the South, but not in the North.
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As the country grew, so did arguments about whether slavery
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should expand into new territories. Soon, this fight over slavery
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sparked the US Civil War. The North the Union battled
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the South the Confederates for four bloody years. The conflict
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almost tore our country in half. For good. Lincoln will
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always be remembered for holding the nation together and for
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fering millions of enslaved African Americans. In fact, many people
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say Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents in
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US history. Humble beginnings. Abraham Lincoln was born on February twelfth,
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eighteen oh nine, in Kentucky. His family lived in a
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tiny log cabin that had a dirt floor. Lincoln's dad
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was a farmer. Abe helped pole fields in at seeds.
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He split wood rails for fences. Because Lincoln was always
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helping at home, he could not attend school regularly. Altogether,
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he had only about one year of formal education. Still,
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Lincoln tried to learn as much as he could on
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his own Lingcoln's mother died when he was nine, and
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his father soon remarried. Abe's stepmother, Sarah, encouraged his love
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for reading. Young mister Lincoln. Lincoln worked all sorts of jobs.
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When he wasn't working at home, his father hired him
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out to work for neighbors. Abe didn't keep the money
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he earned, though, that was used to help support the family.
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Lincoln's family moved a lot in search of good farmland.
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They settled in Illinois when Abe was twenty one, That
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is when Lincoln finally left home. He had many jobs,
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including postmaster and even managed a store. Abe and a
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teacher asked him to join a debate club. It's a
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good way to learn how to speak about issues. Lincoln
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eventually gained fame as a great speaker. Lincoln dedicated a
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lot of time to educating himself. He even taught himself
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enough to become a lawyer by the time that he
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was twenty seven. On to Congress, Lincoln was also interested
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in politics. In eighteen thirty four, he ran for the
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Illinois state legislature called the General Assembly, and he won.
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Lincoln helped make laws for a state. He was re
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elected three times. During this time, Abe met Mary Todd.
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Both loved poetry and politics. The couple married in eighteen
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forty two and eventually had four sons together. They lived
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in Springfield, Illinois. In eighteen forty six, Lincoln was elected
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to the US House of Representatives. He was representing his
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state in the US Congress, that is, the branch of
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government that makes laws for our country. Chapter two, a
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House divided. Lincoln's two year term as a congressman ended.
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Then he returned to practicing law, but the issue of
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slavery pulled him back into politics before long. In the South,
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enslaved people were forced to work in homes and businesses
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on large farms. They had no rights or freedoms, and
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the North, slavery was against the law. Many people wanted
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it abolish. America was growing, territories were added in the
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western part of the country. Many people feared slavery could
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spread into these new lands. Back in eighteen twenty, Congress
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had passed a law called the Missouri Compromise. The government
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decided which new states would allow slavery and which would
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be free. Slavery tears at the nation. Thirty four years
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after the Missouri Compromise, in eighteen fifty four, Congress passed
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the Kansas Nebraska Act. With the Missouri Compromise, the government
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had decided which territories would allow slavery, but the Kansas
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Nebraska Act let it up to the people living in
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those territories to decide whether to allow slavery. The law
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was Stephen Douglas's idea. He was a US Senator from Illinois.
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Lincoln didn't like the law. In eighteen fifty eight, he
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ran against Douglas in the race for the Senate. The
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two faced each other in a series of debates. Lincoln
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didn't win the election, but he made a big impression
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in the debates. Mister President. In early eighteen sixty, Lincoln
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decided to run for president. He won. People in the
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South were upset. They worried that Lincoln would abolish slavery.
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They said they would go to war to protect their
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right to enslave black people. In the month after the election,
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South Carolina succeeded from the United States, also known as
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the Union. Lincoln was sworn into office the following March.
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By that time, six more Southern states had joined South Carolina.
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They formed a government called the Confederate States of America.
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On April twelfth, eighteen sixty one, the Confederate Army fired
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on a US fort called Fort Sumter. The Civil War
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had to begun. Chapter three, The Country at War. The
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first thing Lincoln did was called for seventy five thousand
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volunteers to serve in the Union army. Many people believe
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the North would quickly win the war. The North had
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more soldiers, it had more guns, it had more money.
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Those hopes were dashed on July twenty first, eighteen sixty one.
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That day, Union troops faced the Confederates for the first
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time at a small creek named Bull Run outside of Washington,
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d c. The rebels were victorious. Defeated. Union troops ran
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back to Washington. Everyone was shocked. People realized the war
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would be long fighting for freedom. The war turned bloodier
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as each month passed, Lincoln tried to find a general
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who would defeat the Confederate army. No one was up
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to the job. He thought the war would never end.
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At first, Lincoln fought the war solely to save the Union,
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but before long, as the war aims changed, Lincoln declared
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that Union troops would fight to enslavery. On January first,
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eighteen sixty three, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This order
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said if the South did not rejoin the Union by
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January eighteen sixty three, all enslaved people in all territories
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in rebellion would be free. Turning point at Gettysburg in
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eighteen sixty three, Confederate troops, led by General Roberty Lee
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invaded the North. The two armies met on July first
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at Gettyburg, Pennsylvania. For three days, the battle went back
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and forth, but ultimately the Union art Army was victorious.
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The war had finally turned in favor of the North,
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but it came at a high price. The Battle of
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Gettysburg was the bloodiest clash of the war. That November,
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Lincoln dedicated a cemetery on the battlefield. He gave a
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short speech which became known as the Gettyburg Gettysburg Address.
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In his speech, Lincoln recetiied Americans founding Ideals of Democracy
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and Freedom, Chapter four, Healing the Nation's Wounds. In eighteen
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sixty four, Lincoln won a second term as president. He
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had hired and fired many generals during the war, no one,
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it seemed, could destroy the Confederate army. Finally, Lincoln put
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Ulysses S. Grant in charge. Grand followed Lee in his army,
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beating them in nearly every battle. On March March fourth,
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eighteen sixty five, when Lincoln took the oath of office for
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a second time, the war was almost over. He wanted
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to welcome the Southern spack into the Union without punishing
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them harshly. He hoped to rebuild what had been destroyed.
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Others disagreed. They wanted to punish the South for its
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actions Lincoln's last days. On April third, Richmond, Virginia, the
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capital of the Confederacy, fell to Union forces. On April ninth,
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General Lee surrendered in Virginia. On April fourteenth. Lincoln celebrated
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the Union's victory by going to see a play at
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Ford's Theater in Washington, d C. An actor named John
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Wilkes Booth was waiting there. He blamed Lincoln for the
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South's losses. As Lincoln watched the plate, Booth snuck up
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and shot him. The president died the next day. In May,
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the last of the Confederate army surrendered. The war had
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taken a huge toll on the country, but Lincoln had
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saved the Union. He had freed more than four million
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people from the horrors of slavery. We remember in so
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break him to this day the Thirteenth Amendment in slavery.
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When Abraham Lincoln was first elected, he didn't believe the
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president had the authority to completely outlaw slavery. But by
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the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was determined to
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get rid of slavery once and for all. To outlaws slavery,
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the Congress needed to change or amend the Constitution. Using
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all his skills as a speaker and politician, Lincoln pushed
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Congress to pass the thirteenth Amendment. It's said, in part,
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neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States.
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By December eighteen sixty five, three fourths of the states
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had had approved the amendment. Sadly, Lincoln was not alive
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to see it. A year later, Congress passed a law
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granting African Americans citizenship and equal legal protection. The Thirteenth
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Amendment officially ended slavery. However, any of the problems and
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feelings raised by that shameful practice are still part of
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our lives today. Our next book is Totaled Our A
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Lincoln in o Tune with new lyrics. It was published
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by Scholastic Press and has copyright year of two thousand
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and nine. It was adapted by Jim Ellsworth. Fabe Lincoln
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was born in the wilderness, Born in the wilderness, Born
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in the wilderness. Babe Abe Lincoln was born in the wilderness,
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many long years ago. Boy A B. Lincoln lived rough
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with his family, rough with his family, rough with his family.
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Boy A B. Lincoln lived rough with his family. Many
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codes snows ago, smart a blink and read late by
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the firelight, lage by the firelight, lage by the firelight.
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Smart A Lincoln read late by the firelight, many dark
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nights ago. Strong Abe Lincoln fell oaks with a mighty axe,
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oaks with the mighty axe, oaks with a mighty axe.
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Strong Abe Lincoln fell oaks with the money. As many
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split rails ago. True Abe Lincoln was praise for his honesty,
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praise for his honesty, Praise for his honesty. True A.
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Lincoln was praise for his honesty. Many good deeds ago,
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Tall Lincoln made friends here there in Illinois, friends there
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in Illinois, friends there in Illinois. Tall Abe Lincoln made
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friends THEREINOI many glad times ago, Friend Abe Lincoln got
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sent off to Washington, sent off to Washington, Sent off
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to Washington. Friend Abe Lincoln got sent off to Washington.
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Many campaigns that go, kind Aim Lincoln then let us
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the president, led us the president, led us the president.
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Kind Abe Lincoln then led us the president many cruel
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days ago. Why is Abe B Lincoln said no more
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to slavery, no more to slavery, no more to slavery.
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Why is Abe Lincoln said no more to slavery? Many
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brave days ago, said A B. Lincoln spoke grand words
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at Gettysburg, Grand words at Gettysburg, Grand words at Gettysburg,
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said Abe Lincoln spoke grand words at Gettysburg. Many lost
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souls ago, Great A Lincoln died hard for the noble deeds,
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hard for the noble deeds, hard for the noble deeds. Great.
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A Lincoln died hard for the noble deeds. Many said
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tears ago. Our A. B. Lincoln came out of the wilderness,
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out of the wilderness, Out of the wilderness. ABE Lincoln
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came out of the wilderness many proud years ago, many
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proud years ago, many proud years ago. A B. Lincoln
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came out of the wilderness, many proud years ago. Our
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next story is called Thomas Jefferson, Man of the People.
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It was published by Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic
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and Incorporated. It has a copyright year of twenty twenty
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one and the author of this book is Sonia W. Black.
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Chapter one, Meet Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson had many talents.
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He was a lawyer and a musician. He designed buildings
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and was an excellent writer. In fact, Jefferson wrote the
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Declaration of Independence. That document helps free the thirteen American
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colonies from British rule. Jefferson was also the third President
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of the United States. During his first term, he nearly
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doubled the size of the country. Jefferson came from a
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wealthy family. He owned a lot of property in how
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many enslaved people. He collected many books and works of art.
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Yet Jefferson spent his career making sure the government mint
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represented the common man, hid very big dreams for his
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country and worked hard to see them. Through Jefferson's early years,
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Shy quiet Thomas Jefferson was born on April thirteenth, seventeen
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forty three. He was one of ten children that Jeffersons
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lived in Virginia, the largest of the thirteen British colonies
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in America. Thomas grew up on a large plantation. The
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Jefferson's house was filled with books and musical instruments. As
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a youngster, Thomas enjoyed reading, writing compositions, and playing the violin.
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He also loved to go exploring outside. At first, Thomas
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was taught in the little schoolhouse on the plantation with
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the siblings. At age nine, he was sent to a
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boarding school. There, Thomas studied French, Latin, and Greek. He
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was always excited to learn new things, building a new life.
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When Jefferson was just fourteen years old, his father died.
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Jefferson was given his father's books, desks, and bookcases. He
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also took possession of the family plantation and as many
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enslaved African Americans. When he was sixteen years old, Jefferson
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began attending college in Williamsburg, Virginia. Later, he studied to
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be a lawyer. Jefferson was a hard worker. By seventeen
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sixty seven, he had his own law practice. In seventeen
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sixty eight, Jefferson decided to build his own house on
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the family land, high on a hill. He drew designs
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for the house and his labors began building. Jefferson named
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his house Montes Solo. On New Year's Day in seventeen
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seventy two, twenty nine year old Thomas married twenty three
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year old Martha Wells Skelton. They shared their new life
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at Monticello. Writing the Declaration was a tenth time in America.
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Colonists were unhappy with British rule. Eventually, they decided to
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fight for their freedom. The first shots of the American
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Revolution were fired in April of seventeen seventy five. One
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year later, colonial leaders decided to draft the Declaration of Independence.
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Because Jefferson was an excellent writer, they choose him to
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write the document. Then it was represented to the King
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of England, George. In the declaration, Jefferson exclamed why the
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colonies should be free. He also outlined rights the envision
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for Americans. These rights applied to white men with property.
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The poor, women, and people of color were most often
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left out Chapter two. A growing leader, Jefferson also wrote
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new laws to help the colonists. He kept working towards
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American's freedom. In seventeen seventy nine, he was elected governor
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of Virginia. The Declaration of Independence had been delivered to
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the King of England, but that didn't bring freedom to
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the colonies. It did not in the war. General George
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Washington led the Continental Army. The colonists battled British forces
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for a total of eight bloody years. Finally, with the
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help from France, American troops defeated the British forces at Yorktown, Virginia,
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in October of seventeen eighty one. Battles would continue to
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be fought at sea for two more years, but the
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outcome had become clear. America would soon be free. Family
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life at Mont solo Jeffersonson's second term as governor, and
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in seventeen eighty one he didn't want to run again. Instead,
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Jefferson retired to spend time at home with his family.
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Over the years, Jefferson had continued to grow his estate.
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He fought hard for the freedom of the American colonists,
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yet over his lifetime, Jefferson held about six hundred enslaved
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people who were treated as property. Jefferson may have struggled
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with the idea of slavery, but he didn't think he
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could run his large plantation without the labor of enslaved workers.
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Jefferson's time at home with his family was cut short.
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In seventeen eighty two, his wife died after giving birth
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to their sixth child. One year later, the American Revolution
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of felicially ended American leaders as Jefferson to represent the
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nation in France. He moved to Paris in seventeen eighty four,
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a return to politics. Jefferson was a minister to France.
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The new United States government had to form relationships with
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other countries. Jefferson lived in France for five years. He
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worked on trade agreements with other countries. During that time,
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Jefferson grew to love French culture. He also saw the
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French people become more unhappy with the rulers. King Louis
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taxed the French citizens heavily. The people were getting poor,
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but the King and his wife lived a rich life.
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On July fourteenth, seventeen eighty nine, angry citizens attacked a
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government fort called the Bastille. They took gunpowder for their weapons.
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The French Revolution had begun. Cistans fought for fair and
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equal treatment from the government. For Jefferson, it was a
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reminder of what Americans had fought for. Unfortunately, we will
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have to continue this story next time. So this concludes
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the children's story ire for today. Please join us next
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time as we will read more stories, fables and fairy tales.
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