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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02813 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1857 |
| Title | Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas |
| Date | 26 June 1857 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois. Replies to Judge Stephen Douglas's speech two weeks earlier on the subject of Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and Utah. Douglas had spoken in favor of the Dred Scott decision and Lincoln's response maintains that the decision was erroneous. This address would provide the logic (and language) Lincoln used again in many of the arguments in his famous "House Divided" speech a year later. Pages are uncut. |
| Subjects | Law Westward Expansion Supreme Court President Election Politics Government and Civics Bleeding Kansas Dred Scott African American History Slavery Judiciary |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861) |
| Place written | Springfield, Illinois |
| Theme | Law; Westward Expansion; The Presidency; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |