He called it Popular Sovereignty, and it sounded quite reasonable.
But the first time it was tried (in Kansas), it encouraged armed raiders to invade the state and intimidate voters.
By the way, Stephen Douglas is not double 's'.
Douglas proposed that the people within each new territory should decide the slavery question for themselves without regard to the rest of the country, known as Popular Sovereignty.
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Stephan A. Douglas , Democrat, was probably the most flexible on the slavery question. He proposed popular sovereignty -- letting the people of a state or territory decide by an election whether of not to allow slavery in their state.
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she made a difference by letting woman have there rights
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Popular Sovereignty
Popular sovereigntysee Wikipedia article on Stephen A. Douglass for more information.
Douglas proposed that the people within each new territory should decide the slavery question for themselves without regard to the rest of the country, known as Popular Sovereignty.
Popular Sovereignty, as he called it - letting the people of each new state vote whether it should be a slave-state or free soil.
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Kanye West sampled Never Letting Go by Stephen Bishop
The Stephen King book that starts with the line "He kept doing things without letting himself think about them" is "Misery." It is a psychological horror novel about a writer who is held captive by his number one fan.
Stephen Douglas and his optimistic idea of Popular Sovereignty - letting each new state vote on whether to be slave or free soil.
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