Question: Twenty-first century Americans are able to distinguish a significant tension between revolutionary ideals of liberty and equality and the continued existence of slavery. What do you, as students of history, think about the situation? Was there tension in the late eighteenth century? Where would the tensions exist, if any? What factors may have played a role in the development of opinion during this time period?
Question: Twenty-first century Americans are able to distinguish a significant
tension between revolutionary ideals of liberty and equality and the continued existence of slavery. What do you, as students of history, think about the situation? Was there tension in the late eighteenth century? Where would the tensions exist, if any? What factors may have played a role in the development of opinion during this time period?