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Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged!
After shooting President Lincoln. Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning 'thus always to tyrants'
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I do not wish to shed a drop of blood, but 'I must fight the course.' Tis all that's left to me.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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Born:
May 10, 1838
Died:
April 26, 1865
(aged 26)
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John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
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