How would you characterize Lincoln's position on equality between blacks and whites during the Lincoln-Douglass debates? What types of equality exist, according to Lincoln? and Why do you think the Crittenden Compromise fail to solve the sectional tension over the question of slavery?

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Jadon Knapp

10 February, 14:56

How would you characterize Lincoln's position on equality between blacks and whites during the Lincoln-Douglass debates? What types of equality exist, according to Lincoln? and Why do you think the Crittenden Compromise fail to solve the sectional tension over the question of slavery?

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Isaac Rush · Answer 1

Lincoln questioned the moral inequality in the practice of slavery.

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During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln questioned the moral inequality in the practice of slavery. He questioned the rationality of how African-Americans were not entitled to the natural rights which were enumerated in the Declaration of Independence. According to Lincoln, social equality and political equality existed. The Crittenden Compromise fail to solve the sectional tension over the question of slavery because it gave major concessions to Southern states which ultimately received a lot of rejection and criticisms from the Northern states.