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Course: Constitution 101 Sandbox > Unit 5
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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The Declaration and Frederick Douglass: A Clip From FOURTEEN
Google ClassroomIn this clip from FOURTEEN, the performance opens with the words of the Declaration of Independence, after which a performer reads an open letter from Douglass to his former slaveholder.
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