Lincoln-Douglas Debate: The Question of Slavery
Lincoln speaks of the difference between the Democrats and Republicans on slavery. Michael Krebs portrays Abraham Lincoln in reenactment at the lone surviving Lincoln-Douglas Debate site.
Duration : 0:6:41
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That was because …
That was because the Constitution defended slavery, and Lincoln was sworn to defend the Constitution. The one thing that he would not compromise on was its spread into any new States.
That was because …
That was because Lincoln believed that the United States with it’s view Declaration of Independence, that all men were created equal, were the best way to EVENTUALLY end slavery.
What I do about …
What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
My paramount object …
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
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win.
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win.
I think Foxx meant …
I think Foxx meant 1858
And by the way, …
And by the way, Lincoln was dead by 1868. Moron.
Please look up the …
Please look up the word “sarcasm” sometime…..”kid”, and follow your own advice.
Actually, at the …
Actually, at the bottom of the screen, its faded, but it says 10-08-94
somebody asked you …
somebody asked you in this video if it was really Lincoln, and you said yes. If you have any idea what lincoln douglas or public forum debate is, then you should be intelligent enough to know that lincoln said this speech in 1868, and that they didn’t even have color T.V until the late 40’s. Please think before you talk kid.
If a man strikes …
If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property. Ex 21:20-21
You may also buy them from among the children of aliens among you, or from their families, whom they begot in your land. These shall become your property: you may keep them as a possession for your children, for them to inherit as property forever. Such you may treat as slaves. Lev 25:44
Absolutely …
Absolutely rediculous, if you read any of Lincoln’s writings you will see things are completely the opposite. Lincoln was greatly troubled by slavery, and Union troops marched to battle towards the end of the war on a large part to abolish slavery.
Lincoln didn’t care …
Lincoln didn’t care about slavery. He said it himself that if he could save the union without freeing them, he would.
He and thomas jefferson thought blacks should just move elsewhere and start their own colony to avoid more problems.
It’s the title …
It’s the title factor. Yes, Oberlin expanded to buy about 10,000 acres in Knox County, Illinois. Knox would establish and organize in 1850 The “Female Collegiate Department”. A religous battle over much of it’s early history for control of course. Anti-Slavery colleges needed women for nursing more and more as the war continued.
I’m pretty sure …
I’m pretty sure Oberlin College was first to allow women.
It was also the …
It was also the first abolitionist college and the first women’s college.
lol @ that last …
lol @ that last comment…anyways, Old Main at Knox College is the only surviving structure from the debates, it was built just a year before in 1857.
Shane — true …
Shane — true enough. But there was no way to end slavery, as far as anyone could see, at the start of Civil War. Most in the North wouldnt lift a finger to end slavery. Many soldiers never would have joined the Union Army if they thought this war was about slavery, including Grant. Lincoln thought — and so did Lee — that Providence opened a way to end it. When it became possible to end it, Lincoln moved with all speed and compassion. God bless him.
This actor did a …
This actor did a fantastic job.
(John McCain saw this personally, as a child, in 1858, and said this guy does Lincoln better than Lincoln. )
Mr.Lincoln…. …
Mr.Lincoln…. don’t go to the theatre after the war is over!!!
Yes, that’s really …
Yes, that’s really him…
thx but it was due …
thx but it was due long time ago. i already finished. thx anyway
I think if you read …
I think if you read the lincoln-douglas debates you would know what he thought of slavery. He personally was against the institution and opposed the expansion of it. He was a good freind of black abolitionist Fred DOuglass. That being said he never originally intended to abolish slavery. He simply didn’t want it to expand into the north and west. SO his policy was slightly different from his personal view. IF he had his own way slavery would of have never been.
ZOMG is that really …
ZOMG is that really him!?!?
I am writing a …
I am writing a research paper on Abraham Lincoln’s views of slavery. Please write facts, and only facts about how he viewed slavery. (leave your answer on my channel’s comments or message me)
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