60-Second Civics: Episode 4539, The Constitution and Slavery: Black History Month, Part 8
60-Second Civics Podcast
English - February 08, 2022 08:00 - 1 minute - ★★★★ - 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
Many of the Framers of the Constitution were ashamed of slavery, and carefully avoided using the words "slave" or "slavery" in the document. Nevertheless, the Framers protected slavery in the Constitution in order to accommodate the Southern states, which threatened to refuse to join the Union.
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