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Reading Frederick Douglass & William Lloyd Garrison | A Primary Source Close Read w/ BRI

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BRI Senior Teaching Fellow Tony Williams is joined by Dan Monroe, associate professor of history and Department of History and Political Science chair at Millikin University, to explore Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison's drastically different views on the Constitution's relationship with slavery. Why did Garrison declare the Constitution a "covenant of death" while Douglass elevated it as a "glorious liberty document"? What stance did each abolitionist take on the Founding promise of liberty?

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Published On	Feb 12, 2021
Duration	35 min
Founding Principle	Natural/Inalienable Rights, Equality, Liberty
Grade Level	7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 6
Period Era	1850s, Antebellum
Topic	Slavery, African American History, Westward Expansion

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