Lincoln-Douglas debates: Part two
On August 27, 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas met for their second debate in their campaign for the United States Senate seat from Illinois. Nearly 15,000 people from northern Illinois traveled to Freeport to watch the debate.
Lincoln spoke first, quickly answering the seven questions that Douglas had asked at the last debate, and then posed several questions for Douglas himself to answer. As before, much of the … Read more »
