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Lesson 2: 7.2: Pre-Civil War Debates Over Slavery- Info Brief: The Road to the Civil War—A Timeline
- How did the Louisiana Purchase and the Missouri Compromise shape early debates over slavery?
- How did the anti-slavery movement use the Declaration of Independence to attack slavery?
- Is the Constitution a pro-slavery or anti-slavery document?
- Info Brief: Pre-Civil War Debates Over Slavery and the Constitution
- Who was Phillis Wheatley?
- Primary Source: Phillis Wheatley, Letter to Reverend Samuel Occum (1774)
- Who was David Walker?
- Primary Source: David Walker, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829)
- Why was Frederick Douglass an important figure in the fight against slavery?
- Primary Source: Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (1852)
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Why was Frederick Douglass an important figure in the fight against slavery?
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