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The Constitution of 1787 expressly placed slavery outside of the reach of federal power. It may not have been pro-slavery in intent, but it was pro-slavery in effect. Douglass was making a strategic argument that proved successful, but Garrison was right on the merits. — PolitiTweet.org

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Was the Constitution pro-slavery? Frederick Douglass didn’t think so, and neither should you.… https://t.co/PvT9gnjqfV

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@imillhiser The striking thing about these piece is that none of them engage with recent scholarship at all. Also, the Constitution expressly places slavery outside the reach of federal power. It may have not been pro-slavery in intent, but it was pro-slavery in effect. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s not a coincidence that slaveowners and their allies controlled the government for most of the years until the Civil War. — PolitiTweet.org

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