The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
โ Bob Blaisdell, Stephen A. Douglas
๐ Library
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2018
๐ Dover Publications
๐ English
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
โ Scribed by Douglas, Stephen Arnold;Lincoln, Abraham;Sparks, Edwin Erle
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- Dover Publications
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Dover thrift editions
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- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
"In the course of their 1858 battle for the Illinois senatorial seat, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln conducted seven debates that addressed slavery, states' rights, and other hot-button issues. Although Lincoln lost the election, the debates brought him to national attention and helped propel him toward the presidency. This volume features an individual speech by each candidate and selected excerpts from the debates"--
โฆ Subjects
Abraham Lincoln's political career before 1861;HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877);LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking;LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric;Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858;POLITICAL SCIENCE / General;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections;Politics and government;Biography;Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861;Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865;United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861;Illinois;United S
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<B>This authoritative edition of the Lincoln-Douglas debates from a leading Lincoln historian brings to life the passions that divided nineteenth-century America.</B><BR /> <BR /> The seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held during the Illinois senatorial race of 1858 include s
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First C
โ Harold Holzer (editor)
๐ Library
๐
2009
๐ Fordham University Press
๐ English
<p>The seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held during the Illinois senatorial race of 1858 are among the most important statements in American political history, dramatic struggles over the issues that would tear apart the nation in the Civil War: the virtues of a republic and