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Collection Reference Number GLC06214.01
From Archive Folder Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 
Title Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858
Date 17 July 1858
Author Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Discusses the upcoming election and the disadvantages the Republican Party faces in it. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality. Expresses his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to nationalize slavery and strip whites as well as blacks of their civil rights. States that the Kansas-Nebraska bill was the beginning of this. Urges that slavery be placed in the course of "ultimate extinction." Attacks Stephen Douglas and defends himself by stating that he supports the principles of equality put forth in the Declaration of Independence. This speech preceded his debates with Douglas. Uncut.
Subjects African American History  President  Election  Government and Civics  Politics  Slavery  Civil Rights  Republican Party  Bleeding Kansas  Declaration of Independence  
People Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)  
Place written Springfield, Illinois
Theme African Americans; The Presidency; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859