Lincoln Douglas Debate. Both Lincoln and Douglas were running for Snator of Ilionois in 1858. The debates were a natural part of the senate race, but these recieve historical recognition for both the controversey they gave rise to, and the impact they had on Abraham Lincoln.
The first debate was held in Ottawa, and it focused on the topics of "state sovereignty" or popular sovereignty vs. the right of the federal government to control slavery in a territory. At the second debate in Freeport Illinois Lincoln sought to make Douglas chose
The debates were a natural part of the senate race, but these recieve historical recognition for both the controversey they gave rise to, and the impact they had on Abraham Lincoln. Two There were 7 debates from August to October of 1858, all across Illinois.
At the second debate in Freeport Illinois Lincoln sought to make Douglas chose. Three. The third debate took place in Jonesboro, where Douglas stated his thoughts on how the founding fathers made this country half slave and half free.
The debates, each three hours long, were convened in Ottawa (August 21), Freeport (August 27), Jonesboro (September 15), Charleston (September 18), Galesburg (October 7), Quincy (October 13), and Alton (October 15).
During a debate in Freeport, Illinois Douglas fell right into Lincoln's trap when answering a question about how territories could restrict slavery in the wake of the Dred Scott decision.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign. The main issue of the debates was the extension of slavery into American territories.
The Lincoln Douglas debates were a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas and they were both running for senate. The debate was mainly about slavery.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of formal political debates between the challenger, Abraham Lincoln, and the incumbent, Stephen A. Douglas, in a campaign for one of Illinois' two United States Senate seats.
Ottawa, IllinoisIt was dry and dusty, between 10,000 and 12,000 people were in attendance when the debate began at 2:00 p.m. There were no seats or bleachers. Douglas charged Lincoln with trying to “abolitionize” the Whig and Democratic Parties.
The immediate result of the debates was indeed inconclusive. Senators were then chosen by state legislatures, and in the 1858 legislative election, Illinois Republican candidates slightly outpolled their Democratic rivals.
The main issue of the debates was slavery, more specifically, the expansion of slavery into new territories. Lincoln wanted to stop the expansion of slavery into the territories and Douglas wanted to let the people in the territorie decide whether to establish slavery there or not (popular soverighnty).
The major issue of the Lincoln- Douglas debates was the spread of slavery in the West.
Douglas repeatedly attacked Lincoln's supposed radical views on race, claiming his opponent would not only grant citizenship rights to freed slaves but allow Black men to marry white women (an idea that horrified many white Americans) and that his views would put the nation on an inevitable path to war.
What was Douglas' response to Lincoln and who finally won the election? Douglas won the election. Douglas stated that the people could keep slavery out if they wished. If they did not pass laws to protect slavery, it would not last.