Debate Between Lincoln And Douglas
They became legendary and the popular conception of what happened tends to veer toward the mythical.
Debate between lincoln and douglas. Douglas and republican challenger abraham lincoln during the 1858 illinois senatorial campaign largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. The lincoln douglas debates a series of seven public confrontations between abraham lincoln and stephen douglas took place in the summer and fall of 1858. Until the 17th constitutional amendment of 1913 senators were elected by state legislatures so lincoln and douglas were. Lincoln douglas debate commonly abbreviated as ld debate or simply ld is a type of one on one debate practiced mainly in the united states at the high school level.
Historians have traditionally regarded the series of seven debates between stephen a. It is sometimes also called values debate because the format traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic ethical values and philosophy. Fox news streaming service fox nation has acquired the rights to the documentary right makes might about the debates between abraham lincoln and stephen douglas and thewrap has the first look. Lincoln douglas debates series of seven debates between the democratic senator stephen a.