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Ep. 45: Zaakir Tameez on Charles Sumner and the Reconstructed Constitution
Published 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Luke talks with Zaakir Tameez about his recent book, Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation. Zaakir discusses the origins of Sumner’s abolitionist spirit, his relationship to the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, the extent to which Reconstruction changed the federal Constitution, and what it means to call for a Third Reconstruction.