What best defines the freeport doctrine?
a. legal counsel and jury trials should be provided for runaway slaves
b. abraham lincoln's position that he would not interfere with the status of slavery but opposed the extension of slavery
c. stephen douglas' position that slavery could be excluded from a territory if officials did not pass laws to protect it

The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by your question is the third choice or letter C "Stephen Douglas' position that slavery could be excluded from a territory if officials did not pass laws to protect it"

On August 27, 1858, Freeport was the site of the second Lincoln-Douglas debate, during which Stephen A. Douglas formulated the “ Freeport Doctrine,” in which he argued that a territory had the right to exclude slavery despite contrary U.S. Supreme Court decisions.


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