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Frederick Douglass Changed My Mind about the Constitution

Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:04pm

By James Oakes
Like Frederick Douglass, this historian had originally viewed the Constitution as pro-slavery. Yet a close look at Douglass’s writings revealed a Constitution that empowered the federal government to abolish slavery.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7205/7205251.pdf [1]

Independence [2]
Civil War [3]
Social Education [4]
Secondary/High School [5]
US History [6]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/frederick-douglass-changed-my-mind-about-constitution

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7205/7205251.pdf
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/indepencence
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/cilvi-war
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-education
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/secondaryhighschool
[6] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory