John Wilkes Booth
Assasination
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinatedPresident Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater, in Washington D.C on April 14, 1865.He was also a Confederate sympathizer, vehement in his denunciation of Lincoln, and strongly opposed the abolition of slavery in the United States