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Senator Stephan A. Douglas from Illinois was the drafter and engineer of the 1854 Kansas - Nebraska Act. In this legislation, Senator Douglas instituted and reaffirmed his belief in "popular sovereignty" whereby citizens in territories could vote on the issue of legalizing slavery or not having it legal before the territory became a State.
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