Previously published in hbk.: Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1990.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates dealt with this problem by invoking common constitutional and historical values to serve as ... Stephen W. Littlejohn, and Alison Alexander, "The New Christian Right and the Humanist Response: Reciprocated ...
Before the 1858 Illinois senatorial election, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas went head to head in seven three-hour-long debates.
" The Lincoln-Douglas Debates chronicles the two candidates' famous debates, explaining the historical events that preceded the debates, the chronology and arguments of the debates, quotes from the candidates themselves, and the aftermath ...
This book internationalizes America's showdown over slavery, shedding new light on the Lincoln-Douglas rivalry and Lincoln's Civil War scheme to resettle freed slaves in the tropics.
Discusses the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over the future of slavery, explaining the two sides, the impact on Lincoln's successful presidential election, and the effect on slavery in America.
Proceedings of the Ill. Anti-Slavery Convention: Held at Upper Alton on the Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Seventh, and ... (New York: Hill and Wang, 1976), 37–39; Edward Beecher, Narrative of Riots at Alton (Alton, Ill.: Holton, 1838; reprint, ...
Blight, David W. Beyond the Battlefield Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002. Blight, David W. Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln: A Relationship in Language, Politics and Memory. Milwaukee; Marquette University Press, ...
Guelzo’s Lincoln and Douglas brings alive their debates and this whole year of campaigns and underscores their centrality in the greatest conflict in American history.
Discusses defining moments in American history.
In this acclaimed book, Holzer brings us as close as possible to what Lincoln and Douglas actually said, Using transcripts of Lincoln's speeches as recorded by the pro-Douglas newspaper, and vice-versa, he offers the most reliable, unedited ...