Slavery was banned by the Constitution in 1865 by the Thirteenth Amendment.
There were many people that opposed slavery. For this reason it was necessary to include a section that banned slavery for the passing of the US Constitution to go through..
the north's "trial" started in 1777. It was officially banned in 1787!
The amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning slavery was the 13th Amendment.
southern states would not agree to a constitution that banned slavery
.....slavery IS banned......
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.
Slavery was banned in the Northwest Territory in 1787.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned slavery in the Northwest Territory, which included the future states of Wisconsin and Illinois. Additionally, the Illinois Constitution of 1818 and the Wisconsin Constitution of 1848 both explicitly prohibited slavery in those states.
It appeared to mean that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and could not be banned from any state of the Union.
Georgia initially banned slavery because it was a debtor's colony.
slavery was banned because many people including the government found it unconstitutional
How important was the issue of slavery in the Constitution?