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=Name:Rusty Shackleford= I am an Abolitionist from Charleston South Carolina. I am thirty-two years old. I do not discriminate against any people what so ever. I think that it is wrong and no one else should. I think it is time for things to change. I work in a shoe store that harbors escaped slaves until they find a way North. = =

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Entry Number 1: Lincoln-Douglas Debates
In 1858 from August to mid-October Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debated. There was a series of seven debates, which took place in seven Illinois towns. These debates were very interesting. These debates were just two candidates questioning and verbally assaluting each other. The only thing either candidate talked about was the issue of slavery. During these debates there were loud bands, booming cannons, and fireworks. Lincoln was the Republican candidate and Douglas was the Democratic candidate. Of the seven debates Lincoln won three. Douglas won only two. The other two were a tie. Possibly why Lincoln won the election for president and he would make things change.



Entry Number 2: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president of all time. He was against slavery and helped to end it. He wrote the Emancipation Proclomation which was a document that tried to end slavery in several states. Lincoln became known as "The man who broke the slaves shackles. The Emancipation Proclomation was only to free slaves in the South not the North. Lincoln did not free the slaves from Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, or Missouri because he feared it would turn them to Confederacy. With the South rebelling against the North no slaves were actually freed. Abraham Lincoln had absolutely no power over the south. He also overlooked Southern areas that became under control of the North. The Emancipation Proclomation did mean that the government would no longer defend slavery so Lincoln did indeed help. Lincoln helped turn this country around. He will always be remembered.



Entry Number 3: John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun was born in Abbeville South Carolina. He agreed with slavery and is known for it. John C. Calhoun was the seventh vice president of the United States, and he served under John Quincy Adams. He died before the war began so he did not see the effects that slavery had. He opposed abolitionism and attempts to limit expansion of slavery to the west. He supported the fugitive slave law. He agreed with slavery because South Carolina depended on the cotton industry. John C. Calhoun defended slavery until his death.



1. How does one's understanding of slavery affect his understanding of the people and events of the 1850s and 1860s?
My understanding of slavery lets me know that if someone was a different color they discriminated and treated them like dirt. Slavery even started a war, and put brother versus brother.

2. Why would slavery ever be condoned in the United States?
Slavery would be condoned in the United States because then African Americans were treated as objects and not people.

3. Was the Civil War the only means to end slavery in the United States?
The Civil War was not the only thing to end slavery in the United States.

4. What are some of the long-term effects of slavery that are linked to the people and events of the past?
One of the long-term effects of slavery is racism, also it led to segregation of schools and other places.