Chapter 4: Abe Weds Mary Todd Who Also Opposes Slavery

In 1842 Abe drops out of the General Assembly to concentrate on building his legal career and courting Mary Todd, the daughter of a wealthy slave-owning family in Kentucky. The two are married in November of that year. She is 24 and he is 33 at the time.

According to Elizabeth Keckley, her black dressmaker, Mary, like her husband, disavows slavery, while also favoring Colonization.