>> HE SPENDS HIS FIRST FEW YEARSIN A CABIN THAT HAS A DIRT FLOOR.THERE ARE WILD ANIMALS,...
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>> HE SPENDS HIS FIRST FEW YEARS
IN A CABIN THAT HAS A DIRT FLOOR.
THERE ARE WILD ANIMALS, ROOFS THAT LEAK.
JUST THINK OF WHAT THE NIGHTS WERE LIKE.
>> IN 1816, WHEN LINCOLN IS 7 YEARS OLD, HIS FATHER THOMAS
RUNS INTO TROUBLE WITH HIS LAND TITLE AND LOSES HIS FARM AND
MOVES HIS FAMILY TO THE FREE TERRITORY OF INDIANA.
>> THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
WHEN THE LINCOLNS FIRST ARRIVED THERE.
THEY REALLY HAD TO CARVE THEIR EXISTENCE, THEIR LIVELIHOOD OUT
OF THE WILDERNESS WITH THEIR OWN TWO HANDS.
AND SO YOUNG LINCOLN AND HIS SISTER SARAH WOULD HAVE HAD A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
CHOP WOOD, FARM
IN A CABIN THAT HAS A DIRT FLOOR.
THERE ARE WILD ANIMALS, ROOFS THAT LEAK.
JUST THINK OF WHAT THE NIGHTS WERE LIKE.
>> IN 1816, WHEN LINCOLN IS 7 YEARS OLD, HIS FATHER THOMAS
RUNS INTO TROUBLE WITH HIS LAND TITLE AND LOSES HIS FARM AND
MOVES HIS FAMILY TO THE FREE TERRITORY OF INDIANA.
>> THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
WHEN THE LINCOLNS FIRST ARRIVED THERE.
THEY REALLY HAD TO CARVE THEIR EXISTENCE, THEIR LIVELIHOOD OUT
OF THE WILDERNESS WITH THEIR OWN TWO HANDS.
AND SO YOUNG LINCOLN AND HIS SISTER SARAH WOULD HAVE HAD A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
CHOP WOOD, FARM
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>> HE SPENDS HIS FIRST FEW YEARS
IN A CABIN THAT HAS A DIRT
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FLOOR.
THERE ARE WILD ANIMALS, ROOFS
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THAT LEAK.
JUST THINK OF WHAT THE NIGHTS
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WERE LIKE.
>> IN 1816, WHEN LINCOLN IS 7
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YEARS OLD, HIS FATHER THOMAS
RUNS INTO TROUBLE WITH HIS LAND
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TITLE AND LOSES HIS FARM AND
MOVES HIS FAMILY TO THE FREE
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TERRITORY OF INDIANA.
>> THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF
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PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
WHEN THE LINCOLNS FIRST ARRIVED
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THERE.
THEY REALLY HAD TO CARVE THEIR
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EXISTENCE, THEIR LIVELIHOOD OUT
OF THE WILDERNESS WITH THEIR OWN
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TWO HANDS.
AND SO YOUNG LINCOLN AND HIS
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SISTER SARAH WOULD HAVE HAD A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
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RESPONSIBILITY.
CHOP WOOD, FARM.
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Movie Summary
Lincoln: Divided We Stand is a six-part series that looks at the remarkable life and unexpected journey of Abraham Lincoln.
