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8.14 Assignment

8.14 Assignment

Q 1. What impact did the American Revolution have on slavery in the Northern colonies? How did the framers of the constitution deal with slavery and the rights of African Americans in the Constitution? (Be sure to include the three key clauses in the Constitution that deal with slavery in your answer.)

Q 2. Discuss the factors that were responsible for the revival and expansion of slavery after the American Revolution. What was the nature of the institution of slavery that emerged after the Revolution and how did it compare to the institution that existed before?

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The American Revolution was one of the most remarkable historic events that left many impressions over the topic of slavery. Rather, it had quite some profound and contradictory effects. Thousands of slaves won freedom after fighting on both sides while the northern states adopted gradual deliverance schemes or abolished the institution vertically. It set up some extraordinary debates over the topic of morality of