Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Debates of 1858
Information on debates:
- Series of seven debates
- Fought for a Senate seat in Illinois
- The debates attracted voters and newspapers from all over the country
- Abraham Lincoln argued that blacks had the rights expressed in the Declaration of Independence
- Stephen Douglas said that our founding fathers intended no such freedoms for blacks
- This created a split in the nation's thoughts about slavery
- Douglas won the race
Lincoln gives a speech on his ideals. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/10/23/do-good-debaters-make-good-presidents/debates-are-slugfests-that-promote-extremism
Stephen Douglas. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas
(Part) of the seven debates that Lincoln and Douglas went through. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas