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Text on a webpage about the Declaration of Independence and its principles related to liberty and justice.
Text discussing primary sources related to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence's impact on slavery.
Textual document titled "Primary Source" discussing ordinances related to U.S. government and impacts on slavery.
Text discussing the United States Constitution and its connection to principles of liberty, equality, and justice.

Slavery and the Founding

Text on a webpage about the Declaration of Independence and its principles related to liberty and justice.
The Declaration of Independence as approved by the Continental Congress, 1776
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Text discussing primary sources related to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence's impact on slavery.
Constitution of Massachusetts, 1780 and Constitution of Kentucky, 1792
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Textual document titled "Primary Source" discussing ordinances related to U.S. government and impacts on slavery.
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787 and the Southwest Ordinance, 1790
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Text discussing the United States Constitution and its connection to principles of liberty, equality, and justice.
Excerpts from the U.S. Constitution, ratified 1788
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