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Publication Date: 2008-Sep
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Frederick Douglass Changed My Mind about the Constitution
Oakes, James
Social Education, v72 n5 p251-252 Sep 2008
Frederick Douglass dramatically and publicly changed his own mind about the Constitution. Like Frederick Douglass, the author 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.
Descriptors: United States History, Slavery, Constitutional Law, Political Attitudes, African Americans, Attitude Change
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