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The Lincoln and Douglas debates in 1858, were extensively covered by newspapers in both the North and the South. Northerners followed the debates and by doing so, brought to national attention the views of Abraham Lincoln. Abolitionists in the North were impressed with Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery.
Many Northerners were for the proclamation that ended slavery. However, there were Northerners who felt like Southerners and opposed it.
Which proclamation
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
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....The Lincoln Douglas Debates
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The key issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates was slavery. Lincoln and Douglas were viewed as contenders for the 1860 presidential election.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
The South became convinced that Lincoln was an abolitionist even though did not state that he wanted to ban slavery.
In the 1858 election for senator. During this event, Lincoln and Douglas held a series of debates, known as the Lincoln-Douglas debates.