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Is the Constitution a Pro- or Anti-Slavery Document?


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Join us for a moderated conversation about the essential nature of the Constitution and the Founders' opinions about American slavery.

Teaching American History's Saturday webinar series provides educators with a chance to participate in a text-based roundtable discussion of American history and politics. For the 2022-2023 season we've chosen to highlight controversial topics from America's past.

Documents:

  • Constitutional Convention: The Slave Trade

  • U.S. Constitution

  • On the Constitution and the Union, William Lloyd Garrison

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford, majority opinion, Roger Taney

  • The Constitution of the United States Is it Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery?, Frederick Douglass

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