Lincoln and Davis In our toughest times as a country, one of our forty-four presidents gave America the gift of freedom and unity. But during that time, the other president, the other president was trying to break it. These two legendary men are known as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. While both of these men might have shared some similar characteristics and backgrounds, they diversified in areas such as their goals, characteristics, education, and the challenges they faced during the span of the Civil War. More than anything else, these two presidents were very different.
Dolly was born into the Quaker faith. Her father was a planter then opened a laundry business except it failed. After her father died, her mother for a short time opened her home to boarders. Her family often struggled to make ends meet. Abigail‘s family wealth and position were quite prominent.
Baker became an alcoholic after the people in her community talked and look down on her. Baker also helped her mother clean and did other types of maid services. Randolph County is the 75th county of Georgia. The first pecan tree was brought to the county from Texas. Randolph is also the home to Andrew College which was a private Methodist college that was second in the Nation to grant degrees to women (Phillips) (Phillips B. L., 2005).
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. His father and mother, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, with their children, lived in a one-room log cabin in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky. Abraham's father, Thomas, became a respected citizen of rural Kentucky and by the time Abraham was born he was the richest man in the area. But due to a faulty title in
Wright on the other hand was raised in poverty by his religious grandmother who distrusted any other book but the bible. Eudora Welty, the author of “Listening”, was born in the great southern state of Mississippi at the turn of the 20th century in 1909. Ms. Welty had the great fortune to have been born white in a state that prided itself on holding out against desegregation in the 1960’s. She was also raised in two parent home that was built by them in the 1920’s. Already we can see that she had some advantages that
Her father came from a family who loved and endured the wilderness. They enjoyed hunting and the outdoors in general. Her father was the younger brother of the future president, Theodore Roosevelt. As for her mother’s side, well they were considered upper class. When Eleanor was born and later got some age to her, it is like her mother wanted to disown her because she was not as beautiful as she ought to be.
His home was a log cabin in Sinking Springs, Kentucky. His father bought the farm they lived on for $200.00 in 1808. Abe, his parents and sister, Sarah, moved to the state of Indiana when he was seven. Abe worked hard and helped his father. Graves, page 3 When he was nine his mother Nancy died of Milk Sickness.
He was born in a single-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. His father had lost many things when Abraham was young and they had to move to Peary County, Indiana where they had a hard time to get by. When he was just nine years old, his mother died and his sister Sarah took care of him until his
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He had two parents and their names were Nancy and Thomas Lincoln. Lincoln is from Hodgenville, Kentucky where he was brought up on a farm. On this farm of 230 acres (only thirty of which were tillable) Abraham lived for five years, helped his parents with chores, and learned his ABCs by attending school for a few weeks with his older sister Sarah (Lincecum). There was a period of slavery in the time that Abraham was being brought up in.
While living in Malden Booker's mother noticing Booker's great interest in learning how to read gave him an old Webster's "Blue Black" Spelling book. Booker used this book to teach himself how to read during his breaks from the salt mining job. During the time he was working in the mines an all black school opened up a couple of miles away. Booker after much debate finally convinced his parents to let him attend it. Unfortunately there were conflicts with his work schedule and he was often late to class.