During the time of 1858 in seven towns in Illinois there was some political debates going on about slavery. The debates were weather slavery should be abolished or needed to stay around. At this point in time Abraham Lincoln was just a small town unknown man trying to make an argument against someone extremely well known. The well-known person is name Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln is trying to get slavery abolished while on the other hand Douglas thinks slavery is great and needs to stay around. In the argument, Lincoln had a stronger argument and stronger points behind as to why slavery should be abolished. Lincoln and Douglas debate is known as the debate on the nature of freedom in the United States. This is true because it is what Lincoln
