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Lesson 1: 7.1: Slavery: An Overview- Slavery | Constitution 101
- Info Brief: Slavery at the Founding
- How would you describe slavery at America's founding?
- What role did the issue of slavery play at the Constitutional Convention?
- The Declaration and Frederick Douglass: A Clip From FOURTEEN
- Interactive: “In Their Own Words”: Formerly Enslaved People Discuss Their Recollections About Slavery and Freedom
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Slavery | Constitution 101
Google ClassroomExamine the history of slavery in America by looking at the complex, and often hypocritical views of slavery by the #FoundingFathers and slavery’s relationship with America’s founding documents. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains how the #Constitution and its amendments and the Declaration of Independence have been used as tools for abolition and civil rights throughout American history.
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