Popular Sovereignty
Abraham Lincoln, who was relatively new to the national political scene, gained widespread national fame from his series of debates with Stephen Douglas, his opponent in the Illinois Senatorial race. Douglas, a proponent of States Rights, and pro-slavery Democrat, battled Lincoln, an anti-slavery Whig.
Here are a few: First Secretary of State, a slaveholder who proposed emancipation of all American slaves and the general abolition of slavery, the creator of the Louisiana Purchase and the Founder of the University of Virginia.
Yes she was the leader of the anti-slavery
Many people think he was against the idea of slavery, but really he was not. Abraham Lincoln used slavery as a leverage on trying to get the south to join the union by saying he would free the salves if they did not join back. But otherwise it was not his intentions to stop slavery.
The abolition of slavery
popular sovereignty
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
popular sovereignty
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
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'.
pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
Stephen Douglas debated with Lincoln against 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.
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.
he thought slavery was right.
Stephen A Douglas