Stephen Douglas was instrumental to the Compromise taking place, a bill which reduced sectional conflict between slave- and free-states temporarily by helping redefine the status of different territories acquired in a previous war. However, he then opened the topic of slavery back up a few years later with a new act which opened some territories to slavery.
No. He lived in Illinois where slavery was illegal.
The senator from Illinois, Stephen A. Douglas supported the right to have Territory citizens vote on the slavery issue before the territory became a State. He was the prime fore behind the Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854. He called it popular sovereignty. He maintained this position in the 1858 senatorial race with Abraham Lincoln. Douglas won the election.
Abraham Lincoln.
Stephen Douglas
Stephen Douglas' Freeport Doctrine referred to the proposal that territories had the right to refuse slavery if they chose. This was against a Supreme Court decision. The doctrine was espoused in his debates with Abraham Lincoln in 1858.
douglas argued for the right of states to decide whether or not to allow slavery
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 A Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas
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.
slavery
In 1858, it was evident that Lincoln opposed slavery. He said as much in his debates against Stephen Douglas, who was his opponent in the presidential race.
Abraham Lincoln
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.
No. He lived in Illinois where slavery was illegal.
Stephen Douglas.