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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