Stephen A. Douglas Tomb (Chicago, Illinois)
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One of my favorite Chicago ironies. On the edge of the city's overwhelmingly black Bronzeville area stands a grand and beautiful monument to the senator who became synonymous with the campaign to preserve the institution of Negro slavery.
Douglas is best remembered today for a series of political debates throughout the state of Illinois in 1858. In those debates, Douglas was trounced by Abraham Lincoln, a tall, ugly political upstart with a deathly hatred of slavery. Just a few years later, Lincoln was president and Douglas was urging loyalty to the Union cause, even as he sickened and died. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Douglas_Debate
www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/douglas_tomb.htm
Douglas is best remembered today for a series of political debates throughout the state of Illinois in 1858. In those debates, Douglas was trounced by Abraham Lincoln, a tall, ugly political upstart with a deathly hatred of slavery. Just a few years later, Lincoln was president and Douglas was urging loyalty to the Union cause, even as he sickened and died. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Douglas_Debate
www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/douglas_tomb.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas_Tomb
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Coordinates: 41°49'54"N 87°36'30"W
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