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American independence from Great Britain in 1776 set the stage for the first in a series of 18th century state constitutions; the United States Constitution was drafted in 1787, France followed in 1791, and Haiti’s constitution was established in 1801 following ten years of rebellion by enslaved Africans under French colonial rule.
A Time to Right all Wrongs is organized by the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and features the collections of the and the Kislak Center, with other documents provided by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the American Philosophical Society.
https://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/time-right-all-wrongs
American independence from Great Britain in 1776 set the stage for the first in a series of 18th century state constitutions; the United States Constitution was drafted in 1787, France followed in 1791, and Haiti’s constitution was established in 1801 following ten years of rebellion by enslaved Africans under French colonial rule.
A Time to Right all Wrongs is organized by the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and features the collections of the and the Kislak Center, with other documents provided by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the American Philosophical Society.
https://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/time-right-all-wrongs
