MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Question
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The representatives agreed to end slavery
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The delegates quickly discussed and ignored the issue
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The delegates allowed only George Washington the opportunity to have slaves
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The outlawed it
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ultimately, the delegates who strongly opposed slavery realized that pressing against it would make it impossible for the states to come together. They worked out a compromise with the Southern states. They agreed that Congress could not tax exports and that no law could be passed to ban the slave trade until 1808.
Detailed explanation-2: -Delegates at the Constitutional Convention eventually reached a compromise to count slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of Congressional representation. To appease Southern slave-holding states, Congress agreed not to ban the importation of slaves until 1808.
Detailed explanation-3: -The constitution did not mention the word “slave” or “slavery” at all, however it did address slavery. The constitution prohibited the importation of slavery until 1808 in the Slave Trade Clause and Fugitive Slave Clause-mentioning if a slave has run away from their owner, they are to be sent back to their owner.