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Republican Abraham Lincoln and southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge -Novanet

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The two presidential candidates in 1860 who took directly opposing positions on slavery in the western territories were Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the spread of slavery, and Stephen Douglas, who believed in popular sovereignty and left the decision on slavery to the residents of each territory.

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