“The framers of the Constitution, dealing with slavery as an incidental but troublesome circumstance, ended by extending it a kind of shamefaced recognition that included a measure of protection, but they contributed little to defining its national status.” — Don E. Fehrenbacher Copy Share Image
“By the time of the Revolution there was in each colony an accumulated body of slave law that did not so much establish slavery… — Don E. Fehrenbacher Copy Share
“Most striking, however, was the position taken in the 1840s by William Lloyd Garrison and his wing of the abolitionist movement. The Garrisonians had… — Don E. Fehrenbacher Copy Share
“The framers of the Constitution, dealing with slavery as an incidental but troublesome circumstance, ended by extending it a kind of shamefaced recognition that… — Don E. Fehrenbacher Copy Share
“During observance of the bicentennial of the Constitution in 1987, Justice Thurgood Marshall made a public attack upon the celebration in which he disparaged… — Don E. Fehrenbacher Copy Share
