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John Wilkes Booth was an actor and a confederate sympathizer who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theater on April 14,
Early Life
John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, in Hartford County, Maryland.
His parents came to the U.S. from England in His father, Junius Brutus Booth was an actor. His mother was Mary Ann Holmes.
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John was the second youngest of ten siblings. From a young age he strove to get recognition and fame.
A photograph of John Wilkes Booth. Photo credit: Library of Congress.
John wanted to be an actor like his father, he practiced elocution and studied Shakespeare.
When he turned 17 he made his acting debut at the Charles Street Theater in Baltimore with the role of the Earl of Richmond in Shakespeare’s Richard III. He was an immediate success and was invited to join the theater company to tour the entire country.
Booth was 5’8” or m, he had curled jet black hair and an athlete’s build.
Some critics described him as one of the handsomest men i
