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Image: Lincoln protecting Potawatomi

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Description: An illustration from Francis F. Browne's 1886 work The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln. The scene depicts a young Captain Lincoln protecting a Potawatomi from his own men during the 1832 Black Hawk War. The story has been often repeated as an illustration of Lincoln's moral character.
Title: Lincoln protecting Potawatomi
Credit: Northern Illinois University; Browne, Francis F. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln. New York: N.D. Thompson Publishing Co., 1886
Author: Unknown
Permission: Public domain, see license
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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