In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Abraham Lincoln. Born February 12, 1809 in a cabin with one window, one door, and a chimney three miles south of Hodgenville, Kentucky… he became the 16th President of the United States and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within e rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.