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Journey One Map


Carving a Family Home
Self-Taught
On the River
The Slave Auction
New Salem
Life in Springfield
The Permissive Parent
Campaign 1860
On to Washington

Journey One
The Pre-Presidential Years


On the River is a gallery space where you learn about Lincoln earning his first dollar working as a ferryman on the Ohio River. This space also has a map that traces Lincoln's move to New Salem and his two flat boat trips down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Those trips may have given Lincoln his first exposure to slavery.

On the River


In The Slave Auction, you confront the horrors of a family being torn apart by auctioneers. Did Lincoln encounter such a scene during his trip down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Historians can't confirm it, but there is a strong possibility.

The Slave Auction



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