Allen C. Guelzo: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates | BRI Scholar Talks

BRI Senior Teaching Fellow Tony Williams sits down with renowned historian Allen Guelzo, Director of the James Madison Program’s Initiative in Politics and Statesmanship, author of twelve bestselling books, and winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize three times, to discuss Dr. Guelzo’s acclaimed book, "Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America." Together, they examine the importance of civil political discourse in a democracy. They also converse about Lincoln and Douglas’ differing republican political principles and ideas about slavery. Does democracy have a higher moral purpose? What can the Lincoln-Douglas debates teach us about constitutional principles and civil discourse?

0:00 - Intro
2:44 - Bringing Lincoln and Douglas Together - The Kansas-Nebraska Act
9:11 - Debates in the 19th Century
15:50 - Douglas' Democracy vs. Lincoln's Democracy
19:26 - Views on Slavery
23:20 - Views on Race
31:34 - Outcome of Debates
37:52 - Lincoln's Statesmanship
44:38 - Defining Our Democracy
50:47 - Outro

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About Allen C. Guelzo:

Professor Allen Guelzo is the Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University and Director of the James Madison Program’s Initiative in Politics and Statesmanship. Previously, he was the Director of Civil War Era Studies and the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He is the author and editor of a dozen best-selling books, including "Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America," "Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction," and "Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President." He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, National Affairs, First Things, U.S. News & World Report, and The Weekly Standard.

http://www.allenguelzo.com/

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