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Lincoln-Douglas Debate IL38

On September 18, 1858, the fourth of the famous joint debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas was held approximately one-quarter mile south of here. Twelve thousand people heard the two candidates for the United States Senatorship discuss the question of slavery in American politics.

East side of Coles County Fairgrounds, near Lincoln-Douglas Debate sculpture Coles County Illinois.


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