Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery
in the crucible of public debate
by David Zarefsky · 1990
Examines the dynamics of the Lincoln-Douglas debates ; sets the speeches in the context of the time and explains the complicated issue of slavery in the territories, the focal point around which they revolved.
RhetoricViews on slaveryLincoln-Douglas debates, 1858Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858Political aspects of RhetoricHistoryPolitical aspects