Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery

Examines the dynamics of the Lincoln-Douglas debates ; sets the speeches in the context of the time and explains the complicated issue of slavery in the territories, the focal point around which they revolved.

First sentence: At the end of July, the two candidates met on the road to Bement, a small town in east-central Illinois.

Year

1990

Language

English

Publisher

University Of Chicago Press

Editions

1

Pages

309

ISBN

9780226978765

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