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Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery was bad completely and wanted to abolish it. When his election prompted the secession and the war started he made the emancipation proclamation which effectively free all slaves on the rebel territories and then later he was the creator of the 13th amendment which permanently outlawed slavery in all American territories.

Stephen Douglass believed that democracy should be the biggest way to solve the slavery issue. He wasn’t against slavery nor for it on a federal level, what he wanted was for the states to decide democratically through popular sovereignty and that the federal government would not interfere with their elections.
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Lincoln and Douglas had different believes about slavery and about what they believed. It was tough for both of them to figure out what they needed to do to change the United States. What was even harder was they sometimes believed the same thing and sometimes their thoughts were different.  Lincoln believed slavery should not spread, but Douglass believed states should decide if they want to allow slavery.  Also Lincoln believed slavery embarrassed the United States in the eyes of the world. Also both believed blacks and whites were not equal.

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