The year is 1865 and the American Civil War is reaching it's bloody conclusion after dividing a nation. U.S President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) seek's to pass his controversial constitutional amendment to ban slavery in the United States. However, Lincoln is in a race against time to secure the majority of vote's from Congress before peace between the warring North and Southern States may put his amendment at risk as the South would prevent it by any mean's neccesary. Lincoln is now a man torn in two, does he end the war early ensuring peace that would save thousand's of lives or forever abolish the enslavement of million's.

The year is 1865 and the American Civil War is reaching it's bloody conclusion after dividing a nation. U.S President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) seek's to pass his controversial constitutional amendment to ban slavery in the United States. However, Lincoln is in a race against time to secure the majority of vote's from Congress before peace between the warring North and Southern States may put his amendment at risk as the South would prevent it by any mean's neccesary. Lincoln is now a man torn in two, does he end the war early ensuring peace that would save thousand's of lives or forever abolish the enslavement of million's.

posted by DByrnes