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Questions:
1. From the YAWP reading, what do we know about Cato?
2. From the YAWP reading, what do we know about Benjamin Banneker?
3. What do you think about what Thomas Jefferson said, after reading about Cato and Benjamin Banneker?
4. What can we know about Thomas Jefferson from his response letter to Benjamin Banneker?
5. What does the Constitution call slaves? Does it use the word slave?
6. Does the Constitution protect slavery and the right to own slaves? Explain.
7. Would the President of the United States have had the power to end slavery under the Constitution? Do some research on your own.
8. Could a state within the union pass a law refusing to return a runaway slave? Explain.
9. By 1787, the year the Constitution was written, the United States had been using slave labor to build our economy for 168 years. What were the reasons for slavery being debated during the Constitutional Convention? What are the connections between the 3/5 Compromise, determination of representation in the House of Representatives, and the Electoral College? Some people say that a democracy is fragile. Why do you think they may say this? What does it depend on to continue?