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The debates were discussions between Lincoln and Douglas. They debated in seven of the nine Illinois congressional district. They mainly debated about slavery and how it expanded into Kansas terriories.

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the departure of slaves.

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American politician, leader of the Democratic Party and speaker who espoused the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in the territories before the American Civil War

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Lincoln believed that in American democracy everyone should have equal rights (being a slave or being a minister) and equal opportunities. He insisted strongly in freedom of slavery and rights of voting.

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After the Civil War, when the 15th Amendment giving blacks the right to vote was being debated, Douglass broke away from the Stanton-led faction of the women's rights movement. Douglass supported the amendment, which would grant suffrage to black men

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Making a resume Lincoln defended the rights of slaves and black people. And Douglas prefered to defend the wimen's rights.