8 27 1858
Freeport Doctrine
Lincoln forces Douglas to explain how settlers could restrict slavery after the Dred Scott decision
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Freeport in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Lincoln forces Douglas to explain how settlers could restrict slavery after the Dred Scott decision
Lincoln debates Douglas at Freeport and presses him on territorial slavery
Makes early home recordings as a teenager before beginning his professional music career.
Provenance
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