How should the abolition movement look? How should opponents of slavery view the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and American government as a whole? Two former allies charted different intellectual courses in response to these questions, as each worked to end the blight that slavery was on the America of their times.

TAH.org’s Saturday Webinar for 10 NOV 2018 focused on the debate between Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, and their divergent views on the Constitution, solutions to slavery, and the future of America as they saw it. Suggested additional readings include:

Suggested Readings

• Documents and Debates, Vol. 1: Ch. 12, “The Peculiar Institution: Positive Good or Pernicious Sin?” documents A, B, C, D, E, and F
• To the Public, 1831, William Lloyd Garrison
• On the Constitution and the Union, 1832, William Lloyd Garrison
• Declaration of Sentiments Adopted by the Peace Convention, 1838, William Lloyd Garrison
• Address to the Slaves of the United States, 1843, William Lloyd Garrison
• The American Union, 1845, William Lloyd Garrison
• The Constitution and Slavery, 1849, Frederick Douglass