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John Wilkes Booth was a colonel in the Confederate Secret Service. His cover was that of an actor and he sometimes performed at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He was a confederate sympathizer and a strong supporter of States’ Rights.  
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During this time when slavery was legal, there were terrorist who killed slave owners and set their slaves free. These terrorist were called Radical Republicans. These Radical Republicans hated slavery so much that they would burn homes and fields of the slave owners. They would kill their cattle and they had no problems killing the slave owner or his family members.
 
John Wilkes Booth fight was with the Radical Republicans and they were the reason he became a southern sympathizer.


'''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 and a racist.
John Wilkes Booth worked as an actor at Ford's Theather in Washington, D.C. He was a confederate sympathizer.


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