Dr. Bill Chriss
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The Texas state constitution contains its own Bill of Rights that protect rights above and beyond those already protected by the federal Bill of Rights. -
In the 1840s and 1850s, escaped Texas slaves blazed a less well publicized path to freedom.
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The Underground Railroad was a system of back roads and safe houses leading to the free states of the North and to Canada.
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What was just a few pages long in 1876, now takes up four volumes in a book-and-shelf law library.
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"Without these non-ideological and sometimes casual voters, democracy sinks into civil strife."
