For every major issue in history there were people who publically supported it and people who publically disagreed with it. One of the biggest issues in the 1800s in American history was slavery and whether or not it should be abolished. Some people thought it was necessary for America to function and prosper and others knew that it was wrong and people shouldn’t be owned or treated as less than what they were; humans. Politicians used this topic as a platform to gain the peoples support. Two politicians that are well known today for debating this issue were Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Lincoln fought for the abolishment of slavery and Douglas believed that the states should have the right to choose if it wanted to be a slave state
