they made an agreement. there was acertian degrees to slave states and free states. the nourth is the free states and the south is the slave states.
The bill of rights was outlining the bounders of the government. The reason slavery was an issue is because they then were deciding if the gov had power to control slavery or not.
No, he Bill of Rights was not written before slavery. Slavery was already being practiced long before Columbus discovered the Americas.
Bill Clinton
the bill of rights has everything to say that it has to protect our rights
The Bill of Rights makes no mention of slavery nor does the Constitution.
The protection from slavery or involuntary servitude is found in the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, not the Bill of Rights. The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified in 1865 and specifically prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
The Bible condones the institution of slavery, so teaching slaves the Bible would not provoke them into questioning their status. The Bill of Rights does not specifically justify slavery:- indeed, the fourth, fifth and sixth amendments seem at first to be incompatible with the institution of slavery. It would have been inconvenient for slaves to question their status, so they were not burdened with the Bill of Rights.
The eighth amendment in the bill of rights prohibits the application of excessive bail.
No, because since his state (South Carolina) favored slavery and the rights that the "Bill Of Rights," state. So why would he and his state want to be against it? So my recently stated answer is, NO.
Its was important because, it guaranteed citizens freedom. he bill its self say, "The Bill of Rights". This bill make sure all the citizens had rights..
Few states had rights for slaves.
It is your right.