feb 16, 1858 - Lincoln-Douglass Debates

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-7 debates
-Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglass (Incumbent) for Senator of Illinois
-D: government made for and by white men, and lincoln wants to give the blacks EQUAL RIGHTS!!!1!!1
-L: i would NEVER! Just economically! and you're a hypocrite for not supporting dred scott but being pro-popular soverignty!
-Douglass won (prbly because people hate black people but whatevs)

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