The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text

Just wow. I have been familiar with the fact of the Lincoln-Douglas debates for as long as I can remember. In high school, I spent three years participating in the forensic event called “Lincoln-Douglas Debate.” I knew that Lincoln and Douglas argued with each other a lot when they were both running......more

Any one who had a decent US history teacher had some encounter with the debates that took place between the incumbent Senator from Illinois (Stephen A Douglas - the Little Giant) and the candidate Abraham Lincoln in 1858. They were 7 structured encounters that took place during that election which a......more

A 19th century internet argument. As schoolchildren, we're taught about how seminal the Lincoln-Douglas debates were. And from a historical perspective, this is true. This was Lincoln's first real shot at national prominence (Senators being generally more powerful than Congressmen) and he was trying......more

Read for grad school (Masters of American History and Government) Interesting. Great teaching resource as primary documents.......more