"Iowa Constitution and Race" from Iowa PBS, 1978

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Courtesy of Iowa PBS, "The Path to Statehood," The Iowa Heritage: Program #3, Iowa PBS, 1978

Description

This video from Iowa PBS recreates how the Constitution of Delegates determined if African Americans would be welcome to Iowa.

Source-Dependent Questions

• Were Iowans willing to grant African Americans their human rights?
• If most Iowans - the majority of whom were white - did not support enslavement, what was their fear of African Americans coming to the state?

Citation Information 

"The Path to Statehood," The Iowa Heritage: Program #3, Iowa PBS, 1978. Courtesy of Iowa PBS