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http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/18.htm

Read the American Anti-Slavery Society's Declaration of Sentiments. What do they use to justify their stand against slavery? How does their argument compare with that of the ex-slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/douglass-hypo.html)?
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Now read the Southern Address of John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina and Vice President of the United States (http://www.furman.edu/~benson/docs/calhoun.htm). What arguments does he make regarding slavery? What does he use to justify his arguments? Is he participating in the same debate as the abolitionists? Why or why not?





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