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gptkbp:instanceOf
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politician
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gptkbp:advocatesFor
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gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkb:Transcontinental_Railroad
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Illinois_Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Democratic_National_Convention
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gptkbp:born
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April 23, 1813
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Graceland_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Robert_M._Douglas
gptkb:Mary_E._Douglas
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas_Jr.
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:controversy
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:James_H._Lane
gptkb:William_H._Seward
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gptkbp:died
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June 3, 1861
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Canandaigua_Academy
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Stephen_Arnold_Douglas
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Stephen A. Douglas
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
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gptkbp:knownFor
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popular sovereignty
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gptkbp:legacy
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Historical significance in debates
Role in the sectional conflict
Influence_on_the_Democratic_Party
Impact_on_U.S._politics
Douglas's_political_career
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Little Giant
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Lincoln-Douglas_debates
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gptkbp:occupation
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lawyer
political leader
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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Lecompton Constitution
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Brandon,_Vermont
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
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gptkbp:politicalParty
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gptkb:Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:politicalPosition
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expansionism
pro-slavery
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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Chairman_of_the_Senate_Committee_on_Territories
U.S._Representative_from_Illinois
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gptkbp:servedIn
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U.S._Senator_from_Illinois
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gptkbp:signature
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Stephen_A._Douglas's_signature
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Caroline_E._H._Douglas
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gptkbp:supported
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gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
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