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title: "Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?"  
description: "Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42875/why-did-john-wilkes-booth-assassinate-abraham-lincoln  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?

Why did John [Wilkes Booth](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39917/after-us-president-abraham-lincoln-16th-us-president-was-shot-by-john-wilkes-booth-at-ford-s-theater-in-washington-on-good-friday-1865-he-was-carried-across-the-street-to-what-building) assassinate [Abraham Lincoln](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34863/who-was-named-president-after-abraham-lincoln-was-assassinated)?\
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