Government Documents

Here are links to the official government  texts available on the Knowledge for Freedom course site:

• Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence (1776)
• Constitutional debates, featuring John Dickinson’s on slavery (1787)
• US Constitution on Slavery (1787)
• Dred Scott Decision (1857)
• Reconstruction Amendments (13^th, 14^th, 15^th) (1865-70)
•  Susan B. Anthony, Trial statement (1873)