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Secession Debated: Georgia'S Showdown In 1860,New Juliet Piggott Purvis And Cross Have ThrownThe Critical Northern Antebellum Debate Matched The Rhetorical Skills Of Abraham Lincoln And Stephen A. Douglas In An Historic Argument Over The Future Of Slavery In A Westwardexpanding America. Two Years Later, An Equally Historic Oratorical Showdown Between Secessionists And Unionists In Georgia Generated As Much Popular Interest South Of The Masondixon Line, And Perhaps Had An Even More Profound Immediate Effect On The Future Of The United States.