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Lincoln's views on slavery began to develop at a young age when he was forced to work on his family's farm, and as a teenager he was hired out to work on other farms. He never saw any of the earnings from the work he performed.
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Lincoln warned the South that if they did not cease fire, lay down their arms, and return to the Union he would soon enact a law that would abolish slavery in all of the rebelling states.
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