6. Lincoln was careful to say that his father had moved “partly” because of slavery “but chiefly on account of the difficulty in land titles in Ky.” CW, vol. 4, pp. 61–62. Lincoln’s admirers were not as careful, and over the years they spread the story that Lincoln’s family had left Kentucky to escape from slavery. This version of the story was disputed by those who knew Abraham’s father, Thomas Lincoln. See HI, pp. 36, 240.