Quincy in Adams County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Changing Slavery
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 16, 2020
1. Changing Slavery Marker
Douglas: ". . . Mr. Lincoln told his abolition friends that this government could not endure permanently half slave and half free as our fathers made it. They must become all free or all slave otherwise this Union could not exist. How then does Mr. Lincoln propose to save the Union unless it is by compelling the states all to be free. . . ?"
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° 55.959′ N, 91° 24.522′ W. Marker is in Quincy, Illinois, in Adams County. It is on 5th Street north of Maine Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is on the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Memorial Plaza in Washington Park. Touch for map. Marker
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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: Dred Scott Decision (here, next to this marker); Lorado Taft (1860 - 1936) (here, next to this marker); Political Campaigning in 1858 (here, next to this marker); Spread of Slavery Into The Territories (a few steps from this marker); Racial Equality (a few steps from this marker); Lincoln-Douglas Debate (a few steps from this marker); Morality of Slavery (a few steps from this marker); Permanency of Slavery (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quincy.
Also see . . . The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858: Sixth Debate: Quincy, Illinois.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 16, 2020
2. Changing Slavery Marker
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 452 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 27, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
