Lincoln-Douglas debates

1. A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858, when both were campaigning for election to the United States Senate from Illinois . Much of the debating concerned slavery and its extension into territories such as Kansas . The debates transformed Lincoln into a national figure and led to his election to the presidency in 1860.

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What were some of the points brought out in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

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