The main constitutional arguements during the debate over slavery were representation in Congress, importation of slaves, and the Bill of Rights.
whether or not to count them as part of the population when it came to the amount of representatives in the house
Abraham Lincoln, who was the 16th President of the United States, led the opposition to a constitutional ban on slavery. He was an ardent opponent of slavery and fought to abolish it during his presidency.
Two of the key issues during the Constitutional Convention were slavery and how the president would be elected. One was decided and one was tabled.
There was only one compromise regarding slavery and it was the three-fifths compromise which stated that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of assigning House of Representative seats. Another compromise during the Constitutional convention was the Great compromise which created a bicameral legislature and the creation of the electoral college for Presidential elections.
Compromise
During the US Constitutional Convention there was a debate about outlawing slavery and or other means to reduce slavery. The Southern colonies-States threatened to walk out of the Convention if there was to be an outlawing of slavery. A compromise was agreed upon whereby in 1808, no more slaves could enter the new USA.
whether or not to count them as part of the population when it came to the amount of representatives in the house
Abraham Lincoln, who was the 16th President of the United States, led the opposition to a constitutional ban on slavery. He was an ardent opponent of slavery and fought to abolish it during his presidency.
Over 1500 people attended the original debate in Freeport, then a town of 5000. Freeport doctrine, which was the result of the debate, states people had the right to choose wether or not to exclude slavery from their limits. GA
During the Constitutional Convention the issue of slavery came to be a point of discussion. The Southern states which had slaves fought off attempts to abolish slavery. A compromise was made. It was agreed that the slave trade would end in twenty years.
wanted congress to leave slave trade alone, and said if it was banished, the southern states would not ratify the constitution.
Two of the key issues during the Constitutional Convention were slavery and how the president would be elected. One was decided and one was tabled.
There was only one compromise regarding slavery and it was the three-fifths compromise which stated that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of assigning House of Representative seats. Another compromise during the Constitutional convention was the Great compromise which created a bicameral legislature and the creation of the electoral college for Presidential elections.
That would depend upon the subject of the debate.
The arguments were the standards ones about the morals of slavery. These did not change much. It was the agreement they came to - the Missouri Compromise - that was notably successful because it was simple, a straightforward line in the sand, North of which slavery would be illegal. It kept the pece for thirty years.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over if, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for constitutional purposes.
John Adams was the United States' Ambassador to England during the Constitutional Convention