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Think History

A Moment In Kentucky History: Kentucky's Constitution

WEKU | By Mike Savage

Published September 18, 2019 at 7:00 AM EDT

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about Kentucky's second constitution drafted in 1799.

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