60-Second Civics: Episode 3926, The Conflict Over Slavery at the Philadelphia Convention
60-Second Civics Podcast
English - March 21, 2020 07:00 - 1 minute - 1 Byte - ★★★★ - 76 ratingsCourses Education education civics civic education service learning law history constitution constitution day government we the people Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Delegates from three Southern states at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 said they refused to be part of a union of states that denied them the right to own and import enslaved people. Delegates who opposed slavery faced a dilemma: include all thirteen states in the union or abolish slavery.
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