Summary of Eric Foner's The Fiery Trial

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Abraham Lincoln was a critic of slavery from his youth, and he grew up in a world where slavery was a prevalent presence. He had only sporadic contact with black people, slave or free, until well into his life. #2 Lincoln was born in 1809 in a one-room Kentucky log cabin. When he was seven, his family moved across the Ohio River to southwestern Indiana, where Lincoln spent the rest of his childhood. In 1830, w