Abraham Lincoln was an entrepreneur in New Salem, Illinois, owning a business, while at the same time being a fledgling, or novice, political candidate.
<span>Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States</span>
The President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces
