"This Infamous Decision of the Slaveholding Wing of the Supreme

question 15

Multiple Choice

"This infamous decision of the Slaveholding wing of the Supreme Court maintains that slaves are within the contemplation of the Constitution of the United States,property...The Constitution,as well as the Declaration of Independence,and the sentiments of the founders of the Republic,give us a platform broad enough to support the most comprehensive plans for the freedom and elevation of all the people of this country."
Frederick Douglass,May 1857
-The arguments presented here by Frederick Douglass were echoed by which of the following groups in the same era?

• A) Know Nothings
• B) Irish immigrants
• C) Women
• D) Mexican War veterans

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