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Lincoln's debate with Douglas

Photographer
Date
  • 1915/1925
Description
  • In the assault on the Missouri Compromise which broke down all legal barriers to the spread of slavery, Stephen Arnold Douglas was the ostensible leader and central figure; and Douglas was a senator of Illinois, Lincoln’s State, and in Illinois all eyes turned to Lincoln as Douglas’s natural antagonist. When, in 1858, Douglas’s senatorial term being about to expire, Lincoln was formerly designated by the Republican convention of Illinois as their candidate for the Senate, to take Douglas’s place, and the two contestants agreed to debate the questions at issue face to face in a series of public meetings, the eyes of the whole American people were turned eagerly to that one point; and the spectacle reminded one of those lays of ancient times telling of two armies, in battle array, standing still to see their two principal champions fight out the contested cause between the lines in single combat.
Subject
Work Type
Identifier
  • P217:04:70
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 8 - Abraham Lincoln
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/08/2016
Modified
  • 05/27/2023
Collections

APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 McIntosh Stereopticon Co. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014146546
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006779
lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
4 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
31 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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