The Coming of the Civil War
The Crisis of Compromise
The Struggles Over Slavery
Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
Messages and Papers of the Presidents
Political Party Platforms and Campaign Literature
Presidential Addresses
Reforming Antebellum America
The Rise of Douglass
The Rise of Lincoln
The Lincoln Douglas Debates (1858)
Series of eight public debates across Illinois between Senate candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858
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