Constitutional Convention - Slavery

In Order to From a More Perfect Union…. Slavery, The Constitution, and Compromise

First a Video on the Constitution… ,[object Object],[object Object]

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I. The Status of African Americans ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

II. Viewpoints at the Constitutional Convention ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing…and every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. ~George Mason

Southern states and their delegates claimed that their economies would be in ruins without slavery.

III. Compromise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],South

IV. The Three-Fifths Compromise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

V. Slave Trade Compromise ,[object Object]

V. Slave Trade Compromise ,[object Object],[object Object]

VI. Fugitive Slave Act ,[object Object],[object Object]

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I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention – being…almost sure, they will…lay the foundation of a Civil War. ~Elbridge Gerry (Mass.) 1787

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