Anti-Slavery Coaltion
Kansas Nebraska Act helps unite anti slavery Whigs Free Soilers and Democrats against the spread of slavery
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1854 in United States of America
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Historical records for United States of America in 1854
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Kansas Nebraska Act
Lincoln returns to politics after passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act
Anti-Slavery Coaltion
Anti slavery opponents in Illinois organize against the Kansas Nebraska Act
Anti-Slavery Coaltion
Lincoln condemns the Kansas Nebraska Act and argues against the expansion of slavery
Anti-Slavery Coaltion
Lincoln campaigns against the extension of slavery into western territories
Peoria Speech
Lincoln attacks the Kansas Nebraska Act and the spread of slavery in his Peoria speech
Anti-Slavery Coaltion
Anti Nebraska candidates gain support in Illinois politics after Lincolns return to public debate
Education
Admitted to the bar
Education
Graduates from West Point, Thirteenth out 46
Kansas Nebraska Political Crisis
The Kansas Nebraska Act intensified sectional conflict as Raymond's newspaper reported a changing national political landscape.
Manifesto
Helps draft the Ostend Manifesto
Republican Party
Republican Party begins forming as an anti slavery coalition that Lincoln later joins
Second Lieutenant
Appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the US Mounted Rifles
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