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A hero is someone who isn't afraid to speak his/her mind and stand up for what they believe is right. They need to be courageous and strong willed. They need to put others before themselves and do everything in their power to help others. That's why my hero is Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln is a hero because he was the one to free the slaves. He fought the south because he believed that everyone was equal no matter what the color of their skin was. In this essay I will prove that Abraham was a hero because he fought for those who couldn't fight for themselves. Abraham was born February 12, 1809 in a one room log cabin in Nolin Creek, Kentucky. He was trying to help the slaves get their freedom. He did this because he believed that they were just as much a human as the people who bought them. He fought in the Civil War because he believed that the slaves deserved to be free and live their own lives. He did this even though he didn't want to fight. Abraham freed his slaves because he believed that everyone was equal and he helped those who couldn't help themselves. Although other people thought the slaves were basically animals that they could force to do work, Abraham Lincoln thought people with feelings that needed to be treated like they were. He did everything in his power so that the slaves could be seen as equals by everyone. He genuinely cared about the wellbeing of everyone from every heritage and nationality. He fought against the South in the Civil War. He stood up for what he believed even if it meant that he would be killed. He and the Union believed that everyone should be treated equally no matter what the color of their skin was or what they have done. He was Commander-in-Chief throghout the whole war. Although about 360,000 Union soldiers and 100,000 less Confederate soldiers died, the Union won.After the war the slaves were finally freed and slavery became illegal. Somebody from the South might not have thought of Abraham Lincoln as a hero. The South thought that slavery should be legal and they could do whatever they wanted to the slaves.They fought against him and other peope on the Union side. Abraham Lincoln avoided any further problems by fighting back even though he didn't want to. What Abraham Lincoln benifited everybody because the slaves were finally free. If he didn't, there would still be slaves maybe to this day and all minorities in the U.S would probably be slaves. All nationalities where the people have different culture, religion, or even different skin color would be considered inferior to theose with white skin. A problem in the 21st century is that there are people who are racist. Some even kill others because for the sole reason that they had different color skin. Abraham Lincoln would have probably told to either ignore what others say about or fight for what I believe is the right thing to do.