The complete online text of Writings of Abraham Lincoln, the — Volume 3: the Lincoln-Douglas debates by Abraham Lincoln.

As a young man, Lincoln had taken flatboat trips down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. While traveling, he saw other boats become unavoidably grounded on sandbars that were created by the river's shifting currents. His interest sparked by the sight, Linc...

Sixteenth president of the United States and president during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was immortalized by his Emancipation Proclamation, his Gettysburg Address, and two outstanding inaugural addresses. Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb....

The C-SPAN cable television network will broadcast reenactments of the seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for the Illinois senatorial campaign of 1858 between Aug 20, 1994 and Oct 15, 1994. Each broadcast will last six hours in the original Illinois city...

OTTAWA, Ill. -- The candidates argued for three hours over the most explosive political issue of the day, offering no sound bites, without a spin doctor in sight. Crowds strained to hear every word -- perhaps knowing they were listening to the makings...