Constitutional Academy: Slavery and the 19th Century Constitution
Featured Speaker - Robin Einhorn, University of California Berkeley
November 30, 5:00 - 8:30pm
ESD 112 Conference Center
Grant participants enthusiastically received University of California, Berkeley Professor Robin Einhorn’s November 30, 2006 presentation on the often overlooked legacies of slavery: Civil War Amendments intended to end slavery which transformed the Constitution’s reach and a lingering popular association between taxation and oppression with surprising historic roots.
Presentation Materials:
- Presentation Agenda & Handout
- Lecture Audio: The 19th Century Constitution (MP3 Format, 40MB, 1 hr 27 min)
- Lecture Audio: Tax Aversion and the Legacy of Slavery (MP3 Format, 20MB, 42 min)
- Worksheet: Identifying thesis and evidence in an historical argument
Suggested Reading:
- Slavery resources compiled by Sue Peabody, Associate Professor of History, Washington State University Vancouver