Abraham Lincoln Audio & Video

Listen to Lincoln's most famous speech. American Rhetoric offers the speech in four different versions, one narrated by musician Johnny Cash, and the others read by actors Jeff Daniels, Sam Waterson, and Jim Getty.

From humble beginnings as a self-taught prairie lawyer, beloved U.S. President Abraham Lincoln rose to national leadership over a divided Nation during the American Civil War and kept the country together thanks in part to his unparalleled leadership capabilities.

On 27 February 1860, Abraham Lincoln gave this address at the Cooper Union in New York City.

The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States history.

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, seven legendary meetings between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during their 1858 senatorial campaign in Illinois, made history, and changed its course as well.

In 1858, incumbent U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas and the Republican challenger for his Senate seat, Abraham Lincoln, held a series of seven debates around the state of Illinois.

The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

We think of Lincoln as a great president, but he was also an eloquent and expressive writer...

This collection of Lincoln's letters gives us a glimpse into the inner self of a great American...

A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading.