Douglas stated the Freeport Doctrine at the Freeport debate

E942557
historicalEvent politicalEvent

Douglas stated the Freeport Doctrine at the Freeport debate was a pivotal moment in the Lincoln–Douglas debates when Stephen A. Douglas articulated a position on slavery in the territories that alienated many Southern Democrats and shaped the political landscape before the American Civil War.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Douglas stated the Freeport Doctrine at the Freeport debate canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historicalEvent ⓘ
politicalEvent ⓘ
asserted territories could effectively exclude slavery by failing to pass local slave codes ⓘ
category United States political speeches ⓘ
events leading to the American Civil War ⓘ
slavery-related political controversies in the United States ⓘ
challengedDoctrineOf Dred Scott decision’s implication that territories must allow slavery ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedBy Freeport Doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn contemporary newspaper reports ⓘ
transcripts of the Lincoln–Douglas debates ⓘ
effect alienated many Southern Democrats ⓘ
contributed to sectional tensions over slavery ⓘ
helped Stephen A. Douglas retain support among Northern Democrats ⓘ
weakened Stephen A. Douglas’s standing in the national Democratic Party ⓘ
electoralOutcome Stephen A. Douglas won the 1858 Illinois Senate race NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy heightened national attention to the Lincoln–Douglas debates ⓘ
increased criticism of Stephen A. Douglas by Southern Democrats ⓘ
hasCause questioning by Abraham Lincoln about popular sovereignty and slavery in the territories ⓘ
hasPart articulation of the Freeport Doctrine ⓘ
hasParticipant Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretation attempt to reconcile popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott decision ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Freeport, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
longTermConsequence damaged Stephen A. Douglas’s chances in the 1860 presidential election ⓘ
mainSubject Dred Scott decision NERFINISHED ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
slavery in United States territories ⓘ
opponent Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Lincoln–Douglas debates NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointInTime 1858 ⓘ
August 27, 1858 ⓘ
politicalContext 1858 Illinois U.S. Senate race ⓘ
relatedTo American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Democratic Party split of 1860 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States slavery debate ⓘ
significance pivotal moment in the Lincoln–Douglas debates ⓘ
shaped the political landscape before the American Civil War ⓘ
speaker Stephen A. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lincoln–Douglas debates → significantEvent → Douglas stated the Freeport Doctrine at the Freeport debate ⓘ