the problem was that the constitution sed that everyone should be free but there still was slaves
Slavery and the slave traid were still legal.
slavery and the slave trade were still legal
Slavery and the slave trade were still legal.
It was pro-slavery. The Problem with that was many abolitionists from the North went to Kansas and Nebraska when they heard that slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty, or the popular vote. Lincoln Vetoed the Constitution, and there was enough opposition in Kansas for it not to pass.
How important was the issue of slavery in the Constitution?
Slavery was banned by the Constitution in 1865 by the Thirteenth Amendment.
The Constitution's framers were uncomfortable with the practice of slavery. The word slavery or slaves doe not appear anywhere in the Constitution.
Slavery is not included in the Constitution itself, but it is in the Amendments. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery.
The Declaration of Independence didn't discuss slavery at all. It was a letter to the king stating the problems in the colonies and as far as they were concerned slavery wasn't a problem. The constitution made slaves 3/4 of a person when counting population for the number of Representatives needed in each state.
The Constitution had no say in the writting about being pro slavery or not, because men had refused to sign it if it included on for or not for slavery. So it was left out of the Constitution, but it was added later when it was banned in the admendments.
The Lecompton Constitution was a problem because it attempted to establish Kansas as a slave state despite significant opposition from anti-slavery settlers. It was drafted by pro-slavery advocates and presented to Congress without allowing a fair vote from the majority of the population. This led to intense political conflict and violence, contributing to the "Bleeding Kansas" period and deepening the national divide over slavery. Ultimately, the controversy surrounding the constitution highlighted the failures of the democratic process and heightened tensions leading up to the Civil War.
Female suffrage and abolishment of slavery were not original features of the US Constitution.