The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858

by Abraham Lincoln, Edwin Erle Sparks, Stephen A. Douglas

Book Overview

Including the text of the seven debates of 1858 between Lincoln and Douglas, Douglas's Chicago speech, and Lincoln's "House Divided" speech, this useful volume is enriched by Robert Johannsen's introduction, thorough notes, and suggestions for further reading.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195009215
• ISBN13: 9780195009217
• Release Date: December 1965
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Enlightening and provocative

"The Lincoln/Douglas Debates" is a collection of speeches and debates that two candidates for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, held in the summer and fall of 1858. This edition is a fantastic anthology of transcribed debates that focused on the issues of slavery, popular government, and popular sovereignty. It is interseting to notice how Lincoln gains in prominence as the debates progress and the extent to which both of these men discuss important moral and constitutional issues in the setting of small towns in Illinois. This text is absolutely essential for understanding the Civil War as well as American history and politics.