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Q: Why did the founders allow the slave trade to continue when they wrote the constitution?
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Can you Become A Slave?

No. The United States Constitution does not allow you to become a slave, or for anyone else to own you.


What compromise stoped the slave trade in 1808?

The 1808 Slave Trade Compromise in the Constitution.


How slaves for Roman becamecitizens?

No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.No slave or ex-slave could became a Roman citizen. A freed slave's children, however, were automatically citizens.


How are slaves and slavery referred to in the Constitution?

A slave was 3/4 of a person in the constitution when population was counted for the house.


What did Abraham Lincoln believe about the slave holding Founding Fathers?

Abraham Lincoln believed that the most prominent slave holding Founding Father generation held the same view as he did with regards to slavery. Lincoln's position was that they as he did, allowed the Federal government to prevent the spread of slavery to the western territories. And that they supported the Northwest Ordinance. With that said, Lincoln believed he was in step with both the founders and the US Constitution. Of course at the time the Supreme Court disagreed with that idea.

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What year did the US Constitution permit the slave trade to continue?

1807


Can you Become A Slave?

No. The United States Constitution does not allow you to become a slave, or for anyone else to own you.


Why did the delegates agree to allow the international slave trade continue for another 20 years?

bc the southern states' economies needed the slave trade, and many southern delegates said they'd leave the Union if the constitution immediately ended the trade. =D


Why did delegates agree to allow the International slave trade to continue for another 20 years?

bc the southern states' economies needed the slave trade, and many southern delegates said they'd leave the Union if the constitution immediately ended the trade. =D


Why did the delegates agree to allow the international slave trade to continue for another 20 years?

bc the southern states' economies needed the slave trade, and many southern delegates said they'd leave the Union if the constitution immediately ended the trade. =D


Why were the founders against the slave trade?

No they wasnt against it they was for it.


Why did the delegates decide to allow the slave trade to continue unhampered until 1808?

Stopped in 1908 because the slaves would vote for a random president.


Was the constitution a slave document?

No


How did the slave trade start and continue?

Slave families were split up.


When the international slave trade ended and how did the slave trade continue?

Slave families were split up


When the international slave trade ended how did the slave trade continue?

Slave families were split up


How did the slave trade continue when the international slave trade ended?

Slave families were split up