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Slavery and the Constitution

Slavery and the Constitutional Convention
One aspect of life that was so commonly overlooked in the 1700's was the issue of slavery. Through it played such an important role in civilization, it is unfortunate how much they were neglected in our society; even in our constitution. Slavery was never properly dealt with for a number of reasons. So why did our founding fathers choose not to deal with such an important facet in the United States. Desperate Times call for desperate measures.
During the formation of the Constitution, there was the urgency to have it ratified as soon as possible. This was ground to make lots of compromises that due to the lack of time was inevitable. A struggle took place between the northern and southern delegates ,occasioned by the issue of slavery. It had to do with the interests of the regions. Slavery was discussed in the Convention but it was coming up with an agreement that was going to take time. Time the Convention didn't have. At t...

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