Debating Slavery

Resource for Grades 5-12

Debating Slavery

Media Type:
Video

Running Time: 1m 51s
Size: 5.5 MB


Source: Africans in America: "Revolution (1750–1805)"

This media asset was adapted from Africans in America:"Revolution (1750–1805)".

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WGBH Educational Foundation

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WGBH Educational Foundation

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Leon Lowenstein Foundation

This video segment adapted from Africans in America explores the division among the state delegates to the Constitutional Convention about the issue of slavery. Although some states had already begun to abolish slavery, other states held that the right to own slaves should remain protected by the federal government. What resulted was a debate about the right to personal liberty and the right to own property, which for many included slaves.

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