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It was the issue of slavery that Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas disagreed about during their political debates. Stephen A Douglas supported slavery while Abraham Lincoln opposed it.
It was the issue of slavery that Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas disagreed about during their political debates. Stephen A Douglas supported slavery while Abraham Lincoln opposed it.
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Abraham Lincoln's debates with Stephen Douglas helped bring him into the national spotlight.
The person who really spread this idea-- which was also called "popular sovereignty," was Senator Stephen A. Douglas, circa 1854. This was one of the topics Douglas raised when he debated Abraham Lincoln in 1858.
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, hence Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery was morally wrong and sought to prevent its expansion into new territories, while Stephen Douglas believed in popular sovereignty, allowing each state or territory to decide for itself whether to allow slavery. Lincoln's ultimate goal was to eventually abolish slavery throughout the nation, whereas Douglas prioritized maintaining the peace and unity of the country.
Stephen Douglas's idea of popular sovereignty for the expansion of slavery was not in a document, but rather came out in his debates with Abraham Lincoln.
Stephen Douglas won against Abraham Lincoln when running for US Senate
Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen A. Douglas.
In correspondence to Stephen A. Douglas' friends, he indicated that Abraham Lincoln was not a radical or fanatical Republican. Douglas had admiration for Lincoln. In public, however, politics prevailed. Douglas had to paint Lincoln as an abolitionist and a divisive political figure.