Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history. The Illinois encounters would reshape the nation's bitter argument over slavery, transform ...

ANAC copy 39088001315837 from the Daniel Boorstin American Civilization Collection. Contents pt. I. Introductory. 1958: The crisis in historical judgment ; 1858: Lincoln versus Douglas ; The ...

“Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates” is a timely documentary now streaming at Fox Nation that all Americans should watch. Narrated by Lincoln historian Allen Guelzo, it features noted ...

Chances are you’ve heard of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. The series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas launched Lincoln into national prominence, and he ...

On Aug. 21, 1858, two of the most ill-matched political candidates in the nation walked onto a hastily built platform in northern Illinois and created a legend. One of them was a second-tier ...

The Lincoln and Douglas debates, certainly the focus of 1858, were but a slice of the continuum of history across this western frontier of the Old Northwest Territory, the huge swath of America ...

Introduction: From Lincoln and Douglas to Nixon and Kennedy -- The least man I ever saw -- Take care of your old Whigs -- A David greater than Goliath -- For God's sake, Linder, come up -- In the face ...

In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...