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.

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, but this pernicious institution could not contain him. Self-educated, except for a br … (read more)