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Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas experts participated in a live call-in program following a reenacting of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate that took place in Quincy, Illinois.

Historians, participants, and spectators talked about the significance of the debates, especially the sixth debate in Quincy, Illinois. Telephone lines were also opened for viewer commen…

The Lincoln-Douglas preview began with a short portion from the Charleston debate, it also took a look at Abraham Lincoln’s term as a congressman from Illinois, and had an interview in the O…

Video clips from the first two debates and new footage reviewed the first two and previewed the last five debates. At the third annual Lincoln-Douglas Celebration Conference in Ottawa, Illin…

Historians, participants, and spectators talked about the significance of the debates, especially the first debate in Ottawa, Illinois. Telephone lines were also opened for viewer comments. …

Three scholars spoke about the importance of the Lincoln-Douglas debates in a preview of the reenactments that were to come.

Professors David Zarefsky and Edna Medford spoke about the history of the Lincoln-Douglas debates and slavery in the U.S. during the third in a series of Lincoln-Douglas debate previews.

Harold Holzer, who is the Chief Communications Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and author of several books on President Lincoln, discussed controversy over authenticity of early ph…

Governor James Edgar (D-IL) introduced Mr. Waterson who read passages from a number of speeches made by former President Abraham Lincoln. He combined the speeches of Lincoln and the idea of …