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What effect did the American Revolution and the US Constitution have on the slave trade?
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The American Revolution had the perverse effect of helping to consolidate slave holder opinion and state laws. The Revolution and the failed Articles of Confederation ultimately culminated in the Constitution, which provided federal guarantees for the importation of slaves through 1808, including the 6/10 of a person clause. Thereafter slave importation was forbidden; breeding, smuggling and territorial expansion became the principle means by which slave populations were increased.
The Constitution effectively enshrined slavery as federal law and set the stage for the Civil War.
Had there been no such section in the U.S. Constitution, there likely would have been a dead-locked Constitutional Convention, no follow-up to the failed Articles of Confederation, and a weak federal state
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What two revolutions inspired the Haitian revolution?
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What was the relationship between the American Revolution and black freedom.?
The American Revolution was not only the colonies fight to gain independence but the African-Americans largest slave revolt.
What was the relationship between the American Revolution and Black Freedom?
The American Revolution was not only the colonies fight to gain independence but the African-Americans largest slave revolt.
What were the social effects of the Haitian revolution?
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What did Austin dabney do?
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If you were a slave in the American Revolution war which side would you had been for?
Red coats because it garantid freedom
