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Digital History: The Constitution and Slavery

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The issue of slavery was a contentious one during debates in the Constitutional Convention. Read about the various issues, the quotes of several of the delegates, and see how the word "slave" is not even mentioned in the Constitution. Think about James Madison's prophetic words that the real difference came between the northern and southern states, not large and small.

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