Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territor
of slavery in the new territories, whereas the Northern Democrats, led byStephen A. Douglas, advocated allowing each territory to decide by popular sovereignty whether to accept slavery within its borders. In 1860 the new antislaveryRepublican Partywon its first national victory underAbraham Lincoln....
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision.(more) 5 of 5 Abraham Lincoln campaign bannerThis American flag banner promoted Abraham Lincoln for the U.S. presidency in 1860.(more) During the first half of the 19th century, movements to extend voting rights to non-property-owning white male labourers...