slavery
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Ways of Seeing: Vote ‘yes’ for liberty and equality
Our state constitution permits the enslavement of people under 21, the enslavement of people who “consent,” and the enslavement of anyone who hasn’t paid their debts and fines.
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Victor Nuovo: Frederick Douglass, the experience of slavery
Editor’s note: This is the 45th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. Frederick Douglass (1818–95) was born into slavery,…