Debates Between Lincoln And Douglas
Douglas and abraham lincoln during the 1858 illinois state election campaign as among the most significant.
Debates between lincoln and douglas. Political debates between abraham lincoln and stephen a. They became legendary and the popular conception of what happened tends to veer toward the. The lincoln douglas debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between abraham lincoln the republican candidate for senate in illinois and the incumbent senator stephen douglas the democratic party candidate both vying to win the senate seat of illinois. The lincoln douglas debates also known as the great debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between abraham lincoln the republican party candidate for the united states senate from illinois and incumbent senator stephen douglas the democratic party candidate.
Also the two great speeches of abraham lincoln in ohio in 1859 the. Douglas because their debates focused on slavery and the morals values and logic behind it. The lincoln douglas debate format is named for the 1858 lincoln douglas debates between abraham lincoln and stephen a. The lincoln douglas debates a series of seven public confrontations between abraham lincoln and stephen douglas took place in the summer and fall of 1858.
Douglas in the celebrated campaign of 1858 in illinois including the preceding speeches of each at chicago springfield etc. Douglas occurred in each of the nine congressional districts in illinois united states. The next question propounded to me by mr. Lincoln douglas debate of 1858.
Historians have traditionally regarded the series of seven debates between stephen a. United states circa 1950 s image credit. Lincoln douglas debates series of seven debates between the democratic senator stephen a. An overview of the debates between abraham lincoln and stephen douglas in the fall of 1858 as they contested for a seat in the u s.
Lincoln is can the people of a territory in any lawful way against the wishes. Douglas and republican challenger abraham lincoln during the 1858 illinois senatorial campaign largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories.