In this session, students engage in a conversation on slavery in America from the Constitution to Reconstruction. This session will explore the Constitution, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and the Reconstruction founders’ vision of a “Second Founding” for our nation.
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Scholar Exchange: Slavery in America: The Constitution to Reconstruction (High School/College Session)
November 11, 2020
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