The Final Days of Abraham Lincoln | After Dark
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John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on the night of 14th April 1865.
What were the final days leading up to this huge moment like? How did the nation, and the future of enslaved African Americans, hang in the balance? And how did that long night after the gun was fired unfold?
Watch this full episode of After Dark with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, in which they chat about Abraham Lincoln's final day, his dubious character, and John Wilkes Booth's theatrical approach to his murder.
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