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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]. He was | '''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]. He hated Abraham Lincoln who represented everything Booth was against. Booth blamed Lincoln for all the South's ills. He wanted revenge. | ||
==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 the lead in some of William Shakespeare's most famous works. Additionally, he was a racist and a confederate sympathizer and 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. | ||