Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history. The Illinois encounters would reshape the nation's bitter argument over slavery, transform ...
The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, ...
Introduction: From Lincoln and Douglas to Nixon and Kennedy -- The least man I ever saw -- Take care of your old Whigs -- A David greater than Goliath -- For God's sake, Linder, come up -- In the face ...
ANAC copy 39088001315837 from the Daniel Boorstin American Civilization Collection. pt. I. Introductory. 1958: The crisis in historical judgment ; 1858: Lincoln versus Douglas ; The alternatives. -- ...
The April Civil War Roundtable in Bay City will feature a re-enactment of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates presented by Fred Priebe and Len Steinberg. For information, e-mail alincoln@comcast.net. The ...
In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...
The Washington Monthly unearths the unknown 1858 debate in which the very nasty–and, frankly, very rude–press corps is totally unfair to Mr. Lincoln, our second greatest president after Donald J.
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