SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATES OF 1858
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Douglas said that they will ban slavery/ Douglas
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Douglas said people can keep slavery out if they wished/ Douglas
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Douglas said people can keep slavery out if they wished/ Lincoln
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Douglas said that they will ban slavery/Lincoln
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lincoln believed that slaves were humans, and as humans deserve the fundamental right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, ” which Lincoln interpreted as only the right to not be enslaved, not the right to citizenship.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln condemned and decried the Dred Scott decision. It directly went against his beliefs on the containment and morality of slavery, undoing the very Missouri Compromise Lincoln believed would lead to the death of slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the debates, Douglas enunciated his famous “Freeport Doctrine, ” which stated that the territories could still determine the existence of slavery through unfriendly legislation and the use of police power, in spite of the Supreme Court decision.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates-all about three hours along-Lincoln argued against the spread of slavery while Douglas maintained that each territory should have the right to decide whether it would become free or allow slavery.