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Stephen Douglas was born on April 23, 1813 in Brandon Vermont. Yes, he did support slavery.
he thought slavery was right.
Stephen Douglas supported popular sovereignity, also called squatter sovereignity, which stated that each territory had the right to determine if they would accept slavery or not.
Freeport doctrine
Anti-slavery activists justified going against the institution of slavery using the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the realities of basic human rights. They showed the brutality of slavery and stated the issue that the slaves were human not animals.
Stephen Douglas was born on April 23, 1813 in Brandon Vermont. Yes, he did support slavery.
Stephan Douglas was against slavery.
It was Abraham Lincoln but Tubman and Douglas were against slavery too.
Slavery in the territories
he thought slavery was right.
Lincoln was anti-slavery and Douglas was pro-slavery. Both men were backed by business interests.
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douglas argued for the right of states to decide whether or not to allow slavery
Stephen Douglas supported popular sovereignity, also called squatter sovereignity, which stated that each territory had the right to determine if they would accept slavery or not.
....The Lincoln Douglas Debates
slavery
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.