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Baltimore Plot : ウィキペディア英語版 | Baltimore Plot The Baltimore Plot was an alleged conspiracy in late February 1861 to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln ''en route'' to his inauguration. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, played a key role by managing Lincoln's security throughout the journey. Though scholars debate whether or not the threat was real, clearly Lincoln and his advisors believed that there was a threat and took actions to ensure his safe passage through Baltimore, Maryland. On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, and the first to be elected from that party. Shortly after his election, many representatives of Southern states made it clear that secession was inevitable, which greatly increased tension across the nation. A plot to assassinate Lincoln in Baltimore was alleged. On February 23, 1861, he arrived secretly in Washington, D.C. For the remainder of his presidency Lincoln's many critics would hound him for the seemingly cowardly act of sneaking through Baltimore at night, in disguise, sacrificing his honor for his personal safety. However, the efforts at security may well have been prudent. ==Background==
Allan Pinkerton was commissioned by the railroad to provide security for the president-elect on his journey to Washington, D.C., through Baltimore. Maryland was a slave state seen as a border state with strong Southern sympathies and thus dangerous territory through which to travel for such a controversial politician. Two months later, Baltimoreans attacked Union Army soldiers marching to Washington. When Virginia joined the Confederacy, it was necessary to travel through Maryland to reach Washington. Feelings were running high in the other direction as well, and the U.S. government was not about to take risks. Later the same year, many civil liberties were effectively suspended. Pinkerton, in particular, was a very careful man.
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