What factors led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? Did a just outcome eventuate? Abraham Lincoln was an American President often though of as the "Prophet of Democracy". There were many factors that led to his assassination by John Wilkes Booth. Sectionalism and slavery and the eventual downfall of the Southern States of America, left John Wilkes Booth with a burning hatred for Lincoln. This hatred for the Northern States and of Lincoln as, and …
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…his diary and eyewitness accounts are too strong to suggest otherwise. Given the enormity of the crime Booth committed, his death is well justified. Abraham Lincoln was a firm, noble leader, who possessed a compassion and humanity not often found in men in such powerful positions. He eventually managed to successfully preserve the Union. Justice was done in John Wilkes Booth's death, as he put a premature end to President Lincoln's admirable leadership of America.