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Who delivers the knock-out punch? • Illinois lawyer • Not a recognized political figure until the 1858 senatorial debates • Believed slavery was morally wrong • The spread of slavery must be stopped, but would not force states where slavery already existed to end the practice • Did not believe in equality of blacks and whites • Incumbent Illinois Senator (1847) • Felt slavery was morally wrong, but that it was up to the people of each territory to decide (popular sovereignty) • Supported the Compromise of 1850

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Would these two meet again? • Republican candidate in 1860 Presidential election • Democratic candidate in 1860 Presidential election