In the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, Lincoln famously asked Douglas during the debate in Freeport whether
a. the state of Illinois was obliged to comply with the Fugitive Slave Law.
b. the Dred Scott ruling left it up to the people of a territory or the Court to decide the slavery issue.
c. he had ever owned, or desired to own, slaves.
d. slavery had a right to exist in the South.
e. the Dred Scott ruling deprived free blacks of all legal rights.
b
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