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 * =﻿Lincoln - Douglas debates(:=
 * __//**By: Samantha Shaw, Alicia Reguero, Justine Morales**//__

> __//Union County Fairgrounds is today part of Shawnee National Forest's Lincoln Park) Union County is south of the Mason-Dixon Line. The debate subject split families into Confederate & Union factions. Over 50 cemeteries throughout Union County tell of many who lost their lives in the War Between the States **4.) Coles County Fairgrounds, Charleston, Illinois** This was area was very familiar to Lincoln. Lincoln's father had lived and died here. Lincoln's stepmother & many relatives & friends lived here too. Lincoln had a thriving law practice in the community. A majority of the townspeople had come from Kentucky and Tennessee, moving north to avoid competition with slave labor. Most were poor and believed they had no chance to win out in the competition with slave labor**. 5.) Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois** The east side on East South St. between Cedar and South Cherry Streets was the site of the original debate. This location has the only currently remain structure from the original debates.**6.)** Washington Park, Quincy, Illinois **7.) Broadway & Market Streets, Alton, Illinois**//__ For sites on videos, pictures, and more information go to these sites listed below:: [] [] [] [] []
 * The critical issues dividing the nation--**slavery versus free labor,** popular sovereignty, and the //legal and political status of black Americans// --were brought into sharp focus in a series of //__dramatic debates during the 1858__// election campaign for U.S. senator from Illinois. The campaign pitted a //little-known lawyer from Springfield named Abraham Lincoln// against //Senator Stephen A. Douglas//, the front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1860.
 * The debates between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln were held during the 1858 campaign for a US Senate seat from Illinois. The debates were held at **7 sites throughout Illinois**, one in each of the __//7 Congressional Districts.//__
 * **__//List of Where Debates were exactly in Illinois: And some details about it://__**
 * **1.) Washington Square, Ottawa, Illinois** **2.)** __**Freeport, Illinois** //Over 15,000 people attended the original debate in Freeport, then a town of 5,000. Freeport Doctrine, which was the result of the debate, states people had the right to choose whether or not to exclude slavery from their limits. **3.)** **Union County Fairgrounds, Jonesboro, Illinois**//__
 * __//**Summary:**//__
 * //Stephen A. Douglas and Republican Abraham Lincoln were campaining against each other in the Lincoln - Douglas debates of 1858. Concerning the issue of//
 * //slavery extension into the territories. In the 7 congresses in Illinois. In place of the ban, Douglas offered popular sovereignty, the doctrine that actual settlers in the territories and not Congress should decide the fate of slavery in their midst.//
 * //slavery extension into the territories. In the 7 congresses in Illinois.//