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Douglas
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Douglas
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n
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
Synonyms:
Little Giant
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Stephen A. Douglas
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Stephen Arnold Douglas
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political leader
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politician
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politico
a person active in party politics
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