Lincoln–Douglas debates

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historical event political debate series

The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven 1858 Illinois Senate campaign debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas that focused on slavery and helped elevate Lincoln to national prominence.

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Lincoln–Douglas debates canonical 2
first Lincoln–Douglas debate 2
1858 Lincoln–Douglas debate 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political debate series ⓘ
candidate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
chronologicalOrder Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alton debate was last

Ottawa debate was first ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electoralContext campaign for United States Senate from Illinois ⓘ
endTime 1858-10-15 ⓘ
followedBy Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech ⓘ
hasEffect elevated Abraham Lincoln to national prominence ⓘ
shaped public opinion on slavery ⓘ
hasPart Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alton debate

Charleston debate ⓘ
Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Freeport debate

Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Galesburg debate

Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jonesboro debate

Ottawa debate ⓘ
Quincy debate ⓘ
hasParticipant Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum period ⓘ
surface form: Antebellum United States
influenced Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 presidential campaign ⓘ
Republican Party discourse on slavery ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
locationOfEvent Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Charleston, Illinois ⓘ
Freeport, Illinois ⓘ
Galesburg, Illinois ⓘ
Jonesboro, Illinois ⓘ
Ottawa, Illinois ⓘ
Quincy, Illinois ⓘ
mainSubject expansion of slavery into U.S. territories ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
race and equality ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
states' rights ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive newspaper transcription and reprinting ⓘ
notableFor articulation of Douglas’s Freeport Doctrine ⓘ
articulation of Lincoln’s views on slavery ⓘ
numberOfEvents 7 ⓘ
officeContested United States Senator from Illinois ⓘ
outcome Stephen A. Douglas re-elected to U.S. Senate ⓘ
partOf United States Senate election in Illinois ⓘ
surface form: 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois
pointInTime 1858 ⓘ
precededBy earlier speeches by Lincoln and Douglas in 1858 campaign ⓘ
publication printed in newspapers across the United States ⓘ
significantEvent Douglas stated the Freeport Doctrine at the Freeport debate ⓘ
startTime 1858-08-21 ⓘ

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Stephen A. Douglas → knownFor → Lincoln–Douglas debates ⓘ
Lincoln–Douglas debates → hasPart → Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freeport debate
Lincoln–Douglas debates → hasPart → Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jonesboro debate
Lincoln–Douglas debates → hasPart → Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galesburg debate
Lincoln–Douglas debates → hasPart → Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton debate
Lincoln–Douglas debates → chronologicalOrder → Lincoln–Douglas debates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alton debate was last
Little Giant → associatedWithEvent → Lincoln–Douglas debates ⓘ
Ottawa, Illinois, United States → hostedEvent → Lincoln–Douglas debates ⓘ
this entity surface form: first Lincoln–Douglas debate
Ottawa, Illinois → hasEvent → Lincoln–Douglas debates ⓘ
this entity surface form: first Lincoln–Douglas debate
Ottawa, Illinois → hasHistoricalEvent → Lincoln–Douglas debates ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debate