The main focus of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was slavery. They debated about the right of Northern states to adopt slavery.
Slavery
This was because Abraham Lincoln wanted there to be no more slaves and no more slavery.
He handled it very well.
Because he Wanted there to be no more slaves
They debated.
Stephen A.Douglas in 1858,
The main focus of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was slavery. They debated about the right of Northern states to adopt slavery.
Abraham Lincoln debated Stephen Douglas, during the US Senate campaign, in Illinois, in 1858. They debated 7 times, in 7 different cities throughout Illinois. The main topic of the debates was the issue of slavery.
Breckinridge's stance on the issue of slavery differed from Lincoln's because Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories and Breckinridge insisted that the government be required to protect slavery in any territory.
Stephen Douglas debated with Lincoln against slavery
slavery
Whether or not slavery should expand into new territories. Lincoln and Douglas did NOT debate on whether or not to *end* slavery, just whether it should be allowed in the new territories and states being accepted into the U.S. Lincoln, as a member of the Free Soil party, thought that slavery shouldn't be expanded, while Douglass believed it should.
He thought that it was a moral issue
Abraham Lincoln and William Lloyd Garrison both believed that slavery was a moral issue.
It was the issue of slavery that Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas disagreed about during their political debates. Stephen A Douglas supported slavery while Abraham Lincoln opposed it.
Slavery