English: An illustration from Francis F. Browne's 1886 work The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln. The scene depicts a young Captain Lincoln protecting a Potawatomi from his own men during the 1832 Black Hawk War. The story has been often repeated as an illustration of Lincoln's moral character.
Date
before 1886
date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source
Northern Illinois University; Browne, Francis F. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln. New York: N.D. Thompson Publishing Co., 1886
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