What did Stephen Douglas believe in?

Stephen Douglas, first as a representative and then as U.S. Senator from Illinois, worked to change this ban. He argued consistently and eloquently for popular sovereignty, even debating Abraham Lincoln in the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates. read more

Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) was a U.S. politician, leader of the Democratic Party, and orator who espoused the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in the territories before the American Civil War (1861-1865). read more

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