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From the time the American colonies first began to form the Union, several questions were raised regarding the relationship of the Constitution of the United States and the institution of slavery. A close look at the document created in Philadelphia in 1787 will reveal the ambiguous language pertaining to the holding of slaves, since the words "slave" and "slavery" were never used in the Constitution.
The Framers debated over the extent to which slavery would be included, permitted, or prohibited in the Constitution. In the end, they created a document of compromise that represented the interests of the nation as they knew it and predicted it to be in the future. Explaining the Framers' and the Constitution's understanding of slavery requires a careful look at the three clauses which deal with the issue. An analysis of the three-fifths compromise, the slave trade clause, and the fugitive-slave law all point to the Framers' intentions in the creation of the Constitution and prove that it neither authorized nor prohibited slavery.
The first indication of slavery in the Constitution appears in Article I, Section 2. This is the three-fifths clause that explains the apportionment of representation and taxation. It reads:
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What was an original feature of the US Constitution?
Female suffrage and abolishment of slavery were not original features of the US Constitution.
What was not an original feature of the US Constitution?
Female suffrage and abolishment of slavery were not original features of the US Constitution.
What does the US Constitution say about racism?
Slavery is not included in the Constitution itself, but it is in the Amendments. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery.
What is an original of the US Constitution?
What the framers wanted when they wrote the constitution
How did US Constitution resolve slavery?
It didnt
Was not an original feature of the us Constitution?
Female suffrage and abolishment of slavery were not original features of the US Constitution.
How was slavery abolished in the US?
With the 13th amendment to the Constitution,
It was outlawed by the 13th amendment?
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the US prohibited slavery.
Which article abolishes slavery?
An article of the US Constitution did not abolish slavery but an amendment, the 13th, did.
What amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery and enforced labor in the United States?
In December of 1865, the US amended the US Constitution with the 13th amendment. This abolished slavery in the USA.
What countries Constitution matches the US Constitution by abolishing Slavery in Article 18?
there isn't an answer to this.
How did sectionalism and the issue of slavery influence the Constitution?
There were many people that opposed slavery. For this reason it was necessary to include a section that banned slavery for the passing of the US Constitution to go through..
