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Text on a webpage about the Declaration of Independence and its principles related to liberty and justice.
Document titled "Primary Source" with a petition to the Massachusetts Legislature from January 13, 1777.
Text discussing primary sources related to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence's impact on slavery.
Image of a document outlining primary sources related to slavery and the Declaration of Independence.

Full Primary Source Set: Promise of Liberty and Equality

Text on a webpage about the Declaration of Independence and its principles related to liberty and justice.
The Declaration of Independence as approved by the Continental Congress, 1776
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Document titled "Primary Source" with a petition to the Massachusetts Legislature from January 13, 1777.
Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature, January 13, 1777
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Text discussing primary sources related to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence's impact on slavery.
Constitution of Massachusetts, 1780 and Constitution of Kentucky, 1792
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Image of a document outlining primary sources related to slavery and the Declaration of Independence.
Elizabeth (Mumbet) Freeman portrait, 1811 and Legal notes by Chief Justice William Cushing about the Quock Walker case, 1783
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Textual document titled "Primary Source" discussing ordinances related to U.S. government and impacts on slavery.
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787 and the Southwest Ordinance, 1790
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Text discussing the United States Constitution and its connection to principles of liberty, equality, and justice.
Excerpts from the U.S. Constitution, ratified 1788
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Document titled "Primary Source" discussing the Pennsylvania Society's 1790 petition to abolish slavery.
Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, 1790
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