The South was easily offended by the topic of slavery, and if discussed to much, the debate would cause southern representatives to leave the Constitutional Convention. The North didn't want that, or else the nation would split. Therefore, the North avoided discussion of slavery with the South.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
The grimke sisters ( Sarah and Angelina Grimke)
ahs turn up.... and the answer is slavery bruh
Southern proslavery arguments did not include the belief that slavery was mandated by the Constitution of the United States. Slavery had been a contentious issue between the North and South since the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton met through their mutual friend Amelia Bloomer in 1851 at National Women's Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was a followup convention from the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention in which Stanton and Anthony addressed the issues of enfranchising woman's rights, such as suffrage and ownership of property. Both conventions brought awareness to the feminist cause, although Seneca Falls, for the drafting of the Declaration of Sentiments, is more famous.
Slavery remained legal so that the states would stay united.
The Constitutional Convention dealt with slavery issue in a conclusive manner. The addressed the rights of the slaves and their right to own property among other contentious issues.
The Thee-Fifths Compromise
Slavery remained legal so that the states would stay united.
What is the 1787 convention say about slavery?
The delegates of the Virginia Convention
Jean Allain has written: 'The slavery conventions' -- subject(s): Convention on the abolition of slavery, the slave trade, and institutions and practices similar to slavery, Law and legislation, Legislative history, Slavery, Slavery Convention, Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
the great comprizse
At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the issue of slavery was a contentious topic, primarily revolving around representation and taxation. Southern states wanted enslaved individuals counted for representation in Congress but not for taxation, while Northern states opposed this. This led to the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person for both purposes. The convention ultimately left the question of slavery unresolved, leading to further tensions that would culminate in the Civil War.
At the Constitutional Convention the question of slavery discussed at length. In the end, however, it was decided that the practice would continue.
The Connecticut Compromise was reached at the convention regarding slavery
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