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Lincoln–Douglas debate (commonly abbreviated as LD Debate, or simply LD) is a type of one-on-one competitive debate practiced mainly in the United States at the high school level. It is sometimes also called values debate because the format traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic, ethical values, and philosophy. [1]
A U.S. post stamp, issued in 1958, commemorating the Lincoln and Douglas debates A May 1860 photo of Abraham Lincoln An 1859 photo of Stephen Douglas. The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate.
History professor William Urban takes a look back at the debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in Monmouth in 1858. Political debates spark trip down memory lane of Lincoln, Douglas ...
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Lincoln-Douglas debating is primarily a form of United States high school debate (though there is a collegiate Lincoln-Douglas debate) and is named after the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates. It is a one-on-one event that applies philosophical theories to real-world issues.
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