During the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery was that:
A)he did not seek to end slavery in the South but did not want it to extend to the West.
B)slavery was an evil institution and he wanted to see it come to a swift end.
C)slavery had no place in the North but was vital to the agricultural development of the South and West.
D)the Fugitive Slave Law should be repealed since it infringed on northern states' rights.
E)he favored popular sovereignty in matters regarding slavery.

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Lincoln's stance during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates was that he did not wish to abolish slavery where it already existed in the South, but he was firmly against its expansion into new territories and states in the West.

During the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, Abraham Lincoln's Position on Slavery