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Lincoln, Douglas, and SlaveryLincoln, Douglas, and Slavery

Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery1990

in the crucible of public debate

David Zarefsky

About this book

Examines the dynamics of the Lincoln-Douglas debates ; sets the speeches in the context of the time and explains the complicated issue of slavery in the territories, the focal point around which they revolved.

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First published
1990
OL Work ID
OL1988193W

Subjects

RhetoricViews on slaveryLincoln-Douglas debates, 1858Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858Political aspects of RhetoricHistoryPolitical aspects

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