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Your argument that Booth is the better man is based on the fact he supported the conferedates rights to govern themselves (which I'm pretty sure they didn't have, nor grasp why states should be able to do that, they are after only a part of single co |
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'''John Wilkes Booth '''(May 10, 1838 - April 26, 1865) was an actor and fanatic to the South who assassianted the 16th President of the United States [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln Abraham Lincoln]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
John Wilkes Booth worked as an actor at Ford's Theather in Washington, D.C. He was a confederate sympathizer. | John Wilkes Booth worked as an actor at Ford's Theather in Washington, D.C. He was a confederate sympathizer and a racist. | ||
He was also present at the hanging of John Brown in 1859. | He was also present at the hanging of John Brown in 1859. |