TERM:
Lincoln-Douglas
Debates (scroll down for definition)
Definition for:
Lincoln-Douglas
Debates
1858
Senatorial debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
Lincoln becomes a national celebrity and a critic of slavery. NOTE:
Lincoln is against the spread of slavery, but is not an
abolitionist. In his
Freeport Doctrine,
Douglas favored popular sovereignty over the Dred Scott Decision.
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