Quincy in Adams County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Morality of Slavery

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 16, 2020

1. Morality of Slavery Marker

Inscription.

Lincoln: ". . . reduced to its lowest element, slavery is no other than that between the man that thinks slavery is wrong and those who do not think it wrong. . . . We think it is a moral, a social, and a political wrong. . . . [Douglas] has, I believe, the honor of never saying that it is right or wrong. . . . If it be a wrong he cannot say that he would as soon see a wrong voted up as down."

Douglas: "I hold that under the Constitution of the United States, each state of this Union has a right to do as it pleases on the subject of slavery. . . . I hold that the people of the slaveholding states are civilized men as well as we. . . . They are accountable to God and to posterity and not to us. . . ."

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln series list.

Location. 39° 55.953′ N, 91° 24.525′ W. Marker is in Quincy, Illinois, in Adams County. It is on 5th Street

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south of Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is on the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Memorial Plaza in Washington Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Quincy IL 62301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Illinois.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Racial Equality (here, next to this marker); Permanency of Slavery (here, next to this marker); Lorado Taft (1860 - 1936) (here, next to this marker); Dred Scott Decision (a few steps from this marker); Lincoln-Douglas Debate (a few steps from this marker); Spread of Slavery Into The Territories (a few steps from this marker); Changing Slavery (a few steps from this marker); Political Campaigning in 1858 (a few steps from this marker).

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 16, 2020

2. Morality of Slavery Marker

Looking southeast toward 5th Street

Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quincy.

Also see . . . The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858: Sixth Debate: Quincy, Illinois. (Submitted on September 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Taft Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 16, 2020

3. Lincoln-Douglas Debate Taft Sculpture

Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 305 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.