He proposed the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, which was to send back runaway slaves from which who escaped from the southern states to the north. As this was a add onto the older laws this law punished officials who did not capture runaway slaves and bring them back to the southern states. In 1855 was found unconstitutional and was Nullified
They had kept greek n roman culture alive for a 1,000 years after the fall of the roman empire in the west. which had preserved this cultural legacy until it was taken up in the west during the renaissance.
The enlightment basic ideology is freedom. Freedom to choose your own opinion, freedom to do what you desire, freedom to pursue something that you want, etc.
The independence itself is the embodiment of enlightnment because independence is the act of break free from a restrictive rule or establishment that previously dictate what you should and shouldn't do.
Wille Lincoln passed away in his bedroom that day, February 20, 1862
