Explore: Slavery and the United States Constitution
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Was the Constitution a pro-slavery document or an anti-slavery document?
- I can interpret primary sources related to slavery and the Founding.
- I can create an argument using evidence from primary sources.
Background: What facts do we have to consider before we look at our two sources?
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| Was the Constitution a pro-slavery document or an anti-slavery document? | |
| Source A: William Lloyd Garrison, “The American Union.” The Liberator, January 10, 1845 | Source B: Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Speech to Rochester, New York Ladies Anti-Slavery Society, July 5, 1852 |
| Shrink the text: Write Garrison’s central argument in one sentence.
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Shrink the text: Write Douglass’s central argument in one sentence.
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