Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln debated the future of the American Union.

The entities involved

• Stephen Douglas →

  British journalist

  Nothing else this week.

• Abraham Lincoln →

  president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)

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