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=Lincoln and Douglas Debates of 1858= = ﻿By:Yariliz Diaz and Reilly Oliver = 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.The main theme for the debates was slavery and the expansion of it in territories..Lincoln wanted to limit the spread of slavery.Lincoln was a relative unknown at the beginning of the debates. In contrast to Douglas' Popular Sovereignty stance, Lincoln stated that the US could not survive as half-slave and half-free states. The Lincoln-Douglas debates drew the attention of the entire nation. Douglass believed that the people of the terrirtory should decide for themselves if they allowed slavery or not.He helped enact the Compromise of 1850. Douglas then was a proponent of Popular Sovereignty, and was responsible for the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The legislation led to the violence in Kansas, hence the name "Bleeding kansas".

First debate:Ottawa Illinois,August 21,1585

Second Debate: Freeport, Illinois, August 27, 1858. 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.

Third Debate: Jonesboro, Illinois, September 15, 1858 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

Fourth Debate: Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858

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.

Fifth Debate: Galesburg, Illinois, October 7, 1858 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.

Sixth Debate: Quincy, Illinois, October 13, 1858

Seventh Debate: Alton, Illinois, October 15, 1858

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Summary: This relates to the theme because it was actually a debate or a series of 7 debates about the same topic.They were fighting each other with words of persuasion. This was actually a fight for a seat in the senate. Douglas stated that "Each stated should do as it pleases." Lincoln stated that "Slavery is a moral, social, and political wrong." This was a historic event because they invented a new way to debate.

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