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1. The American Heritage: Seeking a More Perfect Union


 
**  Slavery

 
Thomas Jefferson on slavery
The views of a Founding Father on the issue that would later divide the country. Jefferson expresses many of the racist views of his time, although he supports the abolition of slavery.

 
Excerpts from Slave Narratives
Moving accounts by slaves of their treatment during slavery.

 
Works on Slavery
A bibliography of recent books and articles on slavery.

 
**  Democracy

 
Deliberative Democracy
This site explains a concept called deliberative democracy, which assumes that policy can be the product of reasoned debate by the mass public.

 
**  Constitutionalism

 
U.S. Constitution
The text of the U.S. Constitution including amendments and a list of signers.

 
World Constitutions
Constitutions of 30 other nations such as Denmark, Australia, China, and Russia.


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