A black student was recently upset by a lecture on the Lincoln-Douglas debates, saying she felt the professor presented the topic far too objectively and arguing “it can’t just simply be debated.” The ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. ' A northerner who none-the-less opposed the abolitionists (Pierce). Congress, in the hands of the ...

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

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 ...

He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union and ending slavery in America.