What Are The Differences Between Douglass And Abraham Lincoln

Historians have traditionally regarded the series of seven debates between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois state election campaign as among the most significant statements in American political history. Douglas, the North’s most prominent Democratic leader, faced against Lincoln who represented the Republican. Douglas was seeking reelection to a third term in the U.S. Senate. The debates held in seven Illinois towns and attended by tens of thousands of listeners. The sharpest difference between the two candidates involved the issue of black Americans' legal rights. To Lincoln freedom meant opposition to slavery. To douglas, it was the essence freedom lay in social self government and argued that slavery was a dying institution
Lincoln didn't back down from his argument. As he talked about people having rights, having two principles. The one is the common right of humanity and other the divine right of kings( vof 278). But at the end, Douglas won and was reelected. But Lincoln's effort, ideas, and arguments created national reputation. Though Lincoln lost, the Republicans received more popular votes than Democrats, signaling an important shift in the political character of the state. Both Lincoln and Douglas made points but Douglas seemed to be more racists toward black people. He thinks Whites deserve it. I guess he forgot the fact that whites stole it from Native Americans. Indians are the real Americans who were robbed from their land and everything. The nation saw a rising political leader after his debate. Lincoln made people think what he would do if he wins. People asked if he would bring justice toward African- american slaves. Tension grew between the North and South and led to Civil war in later year. Slaves were a big part of South’s economy, so it was hard for Democrats to go against slavery. Republicans were more modernized, so they hated slavery. Both Douglas and Lincoln had different visions of