... stance on the law which intertwined with his view on the institution of slavery. Before tackling the slavery issue, one must understand Lincoln's political views with respect to the Constitution, which was the cause for Lincoln's idea of a gradual extinction of constitution and not an immediate emancipation, which ... came. However, when the Kansas-Nebraska act was passed – spearheaded by Stephen Douglas - this enraged Abraham Lincoln and led to more radical views on the expansion of slavery into federal territories. This act replaced the 36' 30' Line from the Missouri Compromise of 1...

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