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==History==
==History==
John Wilkes Booth worked as an actor at Ford's Theather in Washington, D.C. He was a confederate sympathizer and a supporter of slavery.
John Wilkes Booth worked as an actor at Ford's Theather in Washington, D.C. He was a confederate sympathizer but not a supporter of slavery.


He was also present at the hanging of John Brown in 1859.
He was also present at the hanging of John Brown in 1859.