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∙ 8y agoThe constitution should prohibit the states from participating in the international slave trade.
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∙ 8y agoThe 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.
Slavery remained legal so that the states would stay united.
By counting 60% of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxes. All delegates to the Convention recognized that this was an imperfect compromise to a difficult issue, but many of the delegates redesigning American government didn't want to deal with slavery at all. by counting 60% for all slaves--APEX
The issue of expansion of slavery was its expansion and growth into Western territories.
Congress was not allowed to make a law banning the slave trade before 1808.
How important was the issue of slavery in the Constitution?
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.
Slavery was a normal thing before.
Slavery remained legal so that the states would stay united.
Slavery remained legal so that the states would stay united.
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 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 issue was the apportioning of legislative representation.
There were several, but I bet the one you're thinking of was slavery.
slavery
The Northwest Ordinance outlawed slavery in the territory. However the ordinance did allow for indentured servants to be held in the territory. The US Constitution did not prohibit slavery at that time.
The US Constitution side steps the issue of slavery. The writers at the Constitutional Convention did this on purpose in order to ensure a higher chance of the new constitution being passed and also to reduce conflict between convention members. It counts slaves as 1/5 of a person when taking into consideration how many people reside within a state. This number went towards how much representation went to slave states within the House of Representatives.