The American Constitution and the Slave - Is the Constitution pro-slavery or anti-slavery?
Channel: ProgressingAmerica
Date: 2022-01-05

Frederick Douglass defends the Constitution. Many abolitionists in his day had misguided views about the Founding Fathers and the Constitution. Douglass was ready to set them straight.

This is a direct reproduction of a speech from 1860, while Douglass was on a speaking tour in Glasgow, Scotland. He gave two speeches of very similar content: "The Constitution of the United States: is it pro-slavery or anti-slavery" and "The American Constitution and the Slave".

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