There were four candidates on the ballot for the U.S Presidential election of 1860. They were Abraham Lincoln (Republican Party), Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democratic Party), John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic Party), and John Bell (Constitutional Union Party).
which one of them worked to contain slavery
Abraham Lincoln, who was the candidate of the Republican Party in the U.S. Presidential election of 1860, worked to contain slavery. Lincoln and the Republican Party took a strong stance against the expansion of slavery into new territories, believing that it would eventually lead to the demise of slavery in the United States. Lincoln's election as president in 1860 was a major factor in the secession of southern states and the eventual outbreak of the Civil War, which ultimately led to the abolition of slavery in the United States with the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865.
