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1. In considering Pessen's article on the similarities of
life in antebellum North and South, what significant patterns do you discern among the factors he
considered?
2. How can we reconcile the seemingly contradictory
perspectives presented by Pessen and McPherson?
3. Why might William Lloyd Garrison emphasize the authority
of the Declaration of Independence, rather than the United States Constitution, in his opening editorial
against slavery?
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