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What Lincoln Said in His Last Speech - The Words That Got Him Killed

April 11, 1865, White House, Washington, D.C.: A crowd gathered on the lawn. Six days earlier, General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox. The Civil War was effectively over. Abraham Lincoln appeared at a second-floor window. The crowd expected a victory speech. Instead, Lincoln delivered a carefully prepared address about reconstruction. Lincoln spoke for forty minutes about Louisiana's reconstruction government and bringing Southern states back into the Union. Then Lincoln said something that sealed his fate. Lincoln addressed voting rights for freed slaves. Lincoln stated: "I would myself prefer that it were now conferred on the very intelligent, and on those who serve our cause as soldiers." In the crowd stood John Wilkes Booth, 26-year-old actor and Confederate sympathizer. According to witness Lewis Powell's testimony, Booth said after the speech: "That means n****r citizenship. Now, by God, I'll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make." Three days later, April 14, 1865, Booth shot Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. Lincoln died April 15. Booth's diary, recovered after his death: "I can never repent it. Our country owed all her troubles to him." Multiple witnesses testified Booth decided on assassination immediately after Lincoln's April 11 speech. #lincoln #abrahamlincoln #johnwilkesbooth #april1865 #lastspeech #Assassination #fordtheatre #civilwar #reconstruction #BlackSuffrage #april11 #april14 #votingrights #lincolnassassination #potus #historicaldocumentary Disclaimer: This video presents events based on Lincoln's April 11, 1865 speech transcript, Booth conspiracy trial testimony, Booth's diary entries, witness statements, and verified historical documentation. All quotations from documented sources. This content is for educational purposes.