TIL John Wilkes Booth thought it was God's will that he assassinate Abraham Lincoln. He also believed slavery was God's greatest blessing to the nation, since he believed he viewed slavery the same way as the original framers of the constitution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth
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