In the second Lincoln-Douglas debate, held in Freeport, Illinois, on August 27, 1858, Abraham Lincoln directly challenged Stephen A. Douglas's stance on popular sovereignty. Lincoln posed the "Freeport Question," asking whether the people of a territory could exclude slavery before becoming a state. Douglas's response, which suggested that local legislation could effectively prevent slavery, ultimately alienated him from southern Democrats and highlighted the contentious issue of slavery's expansion.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
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Stephen Douglas's argument in the debates with Abraham Lincoln is known as the "Freeport Doctrine." In it, Douglas asserted that territories could effectively exclude slavery by not adopting laws to protect it, even if the Supreme Court had ruled otherwise in the Dred Scott decision. This position aimed to uphold popular sovereignty while navigating the contentious issue of slavery.
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Lincoln argued that slavery was wrong. Douglas said that the founding fathers had slaves and that local people should be able to decide if they want slavery or not. Douglas labeled Lincoln as a radical. Lincoln said that how could Douglas say it was popular sovereignty if Northern States had to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.
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 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 believed in popular sovereignty. He said in the debate, "I ask you to reflect on these things, for I tell you that there is a conspiracy to carry this election for the Black Republicans by slander, and not by fair means."http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/the-lincoln-douglas-debates-4th-debate-part-i/https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate1.htm
Northerners had mixed reactions to the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. Many abolitionists and anti-slavery advocates supported Abraham Lincoln for his stance against the expansion of slavery, viewing him as a principled opponent of Stephen Douglas's support for popular sovereignty. However, some moderate Republicans were concerned about Lincoln's radicalism, while others admired Douglas for his defense of states' rights. Overall, the debates heightened national tensions over slavery and solidified Lincoln's position as a leading figure in the Republican Party.
Lincoln became famous for arguing against popular sovereignty.
According to an article in Wikipedia, during the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln tried to get Douglas to announce whether he supported the way slavery was treated in his belief in popular sovereignty, as declared in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, or by the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott Case, in which a slave was declared personal property and could be taken anywhere in the US. Douglas indicated that
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