nedryun | June 29, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

The Constitutional Convention and slavery, part two.
Connecticut and South Carolina continue to work together to prevent prohibitions of slave imports and taxes on exports.
Various delegates provides their views.
The similarities between the Constitutional Convention language on slavery and the Northwest Ordinance.
An analysis of the deep south’s [...]

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Tags: 3/5 Compromise, Abraham Baldwin, Census, Charles Pinckney, Committee on Detail, Confederation Congress, Connecticut, Florida, Fugitive Slave Clause, George Mason, Georgia, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, James Wilson, John Adams, John Dickinson, John Rutledge, Luther Martin, Navigation Acts, North Carolina, Northwest Ordinance, Oliver Ellsworth, Roger Sherman, Rufus King, Slave Importation, Slavery, South Carolina, Spain, U.S. Constitution

nedryun | June 22, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

Slavery, the Fugitive Slave Clause, and the Three-Fifths Compromise
A discussion on slavery, the Constitutional Convention, and the U.S. Contitution
William Lloyd Garrison and Fredrick Douglass’ views on the Constitution
The divisions between North and South
An alliance between Connecticut and the Southern states over exports
An analysis of the [...]

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Tags: 3/5 Compromise, Census, Civil War, Connecticut, Edmund Randolph, Elbridge Gerry, Exports, Frederick Douglass, Fugitive Slave Clause, Georgia, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Gorham, Navigation Acts, New England, North Carolina, Oliver Ellsworth, Pierce Butler, Roger Sherman, Slavery, South Carolina, Virginia, William Davie, William Lloyd Garrison, William Samuel Johnson

nedryun | June 15, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

The life of Roger Sherman, signer of America’s first four founding documents.
Sherman lives the typical American life beginning as a cobbler and ending as a national statesman.
Sherman’s political and legal career in Connecticut.
Sherman’s role in the Continental Congress and in drafting the Declaration of Independence.
Colleagues [...]

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Tags: Articles of Association, Articles of Confederation, Benjamin Franklin, Bill of Rights, Connecticut, Connecticut Compromise, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut State Senate, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Hartwell, Fisher Aimes, Great Compromise, House of Representatives, John Adams, John Witherspoon, Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Trumbull, Judiciary Act, Oliver Ellsworth, Paper Money, Philadelphia, Rebekah Prescot, Roger Sherman, Samuel Dunbar, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Treaty of Paris, U.S. Constitution, William Livingston, William Paterson, William Pierce, William Samuel Johnson, Yale College

nedryun | June 8, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

Religion and the Founding Fathers.
The Founding Fathers were not deists, atheists and agnostics as some have characterized.
A look at the first settlers and their motivations.
Colonial Protestantism, the Puritans, and the influence of Covenant Theology on early American society.
Comments about Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
Quotes from [...]

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Tags: Agnosticism, Atheism, Benjamin Franklin, Calvinism, Capitalism, Christianity, Church of England, Clinton Rossiter, Covenant Theology, Declaration of Independence, Deism, Founding Fathers, Freedom of Religion, Individualism, James Madison, Jesus Christ, John Adams, John Locke, John Quincy Adams, Protestantism, Puritanism, Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Samuel Rutherford, Self Government, Separation of Church and State, Slavery, Social Contract, Ten Commandments, Thomas Jefferson, Toleration, U.S. Constitution

nedryun | June 1, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

The battle over representation nears a compromise.
Oliver Ellsworth reintroduces Roger Sherman’s “Connecticut Compromise.”
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer misses the vote, thus allowing Maryland to support the small states men.
Georgia also splits their vote on account of Abraham Baldwin.
The Gerry Committee is formed largely with small [...]

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Tags: Abraham Baldwin, Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Coatsworth Pinckney, Connecticut Compromise, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Elbridge Gerry, Equal Representation, George Mason, George Washington, Georgia, Gerry Committee, Gunning Bedford, House of Representatives, James Madison, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Luther Martin, Nathaniel Gorham, Oliver Ellsworth, Proportional Representation, Robert Yates, Roger Sherman, Rufus King, Senate, Virginia Plan, William Davie, William Few, William Houston, William Paterson, William Pierce