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Lincoln douglas debate full text. Meeting of the colored persons in chicago daily missouri republican st. In this acclaimed book holzer brings us as close as possible to what. Sparks edwin erle 1860 1924. Download 1 file.
Lincoln and douglas agreed to debate in seven of the nine illinois congressional districts. The texts published here for the first time since 1858 are the unedited transcripts recorded on the spot during each lincoln douglas debate by the opposition press. The lincoln douglas debates are the most famous political debates in american history. Ford douglass sic liberator boston july 13 1860.
Douglas earned the nickname little giant due to his short physical stature and commanding presence. Download 1 file. Ford douglass after studying the debates between lincoln and douglas an. Lincoln and douglas were.
Previous anthologies presented only the much improved suspiciously seamless versions supposedly recorded simultaneously by each debater s friendly newspaper. 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. Publication date 1918 topics. Ottawa illinois lincoln douglas debate picture album washington square ottawa the site of the 1st lincoln douglas debate sad our fathers knew that the south and the north so far apart differing in climate and production different interests.
The first then had 30 minutes of rebuttal. Douglas stephen arnold 1813 1861. The virtues of a republic and the evils of slavery. Transcript lincoln douglas debate 1 djvu txt download.
His text runs in tandem with a number of resources to teach you the ins and outs of lincoln douglas debate as well as debate generally. The seven where douglas had not already spoken. In each debate either douglas or lincoln would open with an hour address. Lincoln douglas debate transcripts item preview 1 transcript lincoln douglas debate 1 pdf.
2 transcript lincoln douglas debate 2 pdf. A version of this paper was delivered at the conference on illinois history springfield illinois october 30 2008. We have created a classroom edition of this textbook to use as a modified format for in class debates as well as a full curriculum to teach various debate forms with assessments. Louis august 19 1858.
Own legislature and its own sovereignty with the full and complete power to do as it pleased within its own limits in all that was local and not national. The other would then speak for an hour and a half.