Category: Feature

House Divided Speech His senatorial nomination has sent him to the field, and he is working with an energy and zeal which counter-balance the spirit and dogged resolution of his opponent. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Speech at Chicago, July 10, 1858 I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Speech at Springfield, July 17, 1858 I charge him with having been a party to that conspiracy and to that deception for the sole purpose of nationalizing slavery. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Will it be agreeable to you to make an arrangement for you and myself to divide time, and address the same audience during the present canvass?” View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Ottawa, August 21, 1858 In the Ottawa public square, 12,000 listeners sat or stood in a broiling summer sun August 21 for the first debate. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Freeport, August 27, 1858 “At Freeport, on the damp and chilly day of August 27, Lincoln stood in boots that glistened from the dampness and addressed a pro-Republican assembly of some fifteen thousand people.” View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Jonesboro, Union County, September 15, 1858 The Jonesboro crowd numbered about 1,400 most of them rather cool about the great debate. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Charleston, Coles County, September 18, 1858 Saturday, September 18, 1858, was the biggest day in the history of Charleston, that quiet little county seat amid the cornfields of eastern Illinois. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Galesburg, Knox College, October 7 1858 Twenty thousand people and more sat and stood hearing Lincoln and Douglas speak while a raw northwest wind tore flags and banners to rags. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Quincy, Adams County, October 13, 1858 Located in the disputed central Illinois area, it was a crucial battleground for both sides, and both saw reasonable prospects for victory. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom