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This 11 page paper discusses the relationship of slavery to the decisions made at the First Constitutional Convention in the United States. Examples are given to support this thesis, including actual summaries of the minutes from the convention proceedings. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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those Americans who did not reap the benefits nor enjoy the freedoms of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. These Americans were not afforded the same liberties and rights because
these Americans were of African descent. What was initially established through the constitutional convention, however, did lay the groundwork for the abolishment of slavery in later years. So, it can
be said that the Constitutional Convention was a double-edged sword for most slaves. That there was a relationship between slavery and the decisions made at the Convention there can be
no doubt. If modern political parties seem stubbornly aligned, then one only has to look at the first constitutional convention to see that this issue is nothing new where American
politics are concerned. In fact, a majority of the founding fathers and those responsible for drawing up the constitution were primarily from the northern part of the country. Those living
in the south were underrepresented to say the least. Therefore, without a doubt the Constitution was drawn up in their favor. When one looks at if from a Southern
point of view, what the North was proposing was an unreasonable taxation and heavy economic sanction which would be felt the most strongly in the Southern states. The problem was
that after the war for independence the English goods that the nation had relied upon disappeared, making the goods that the South could supply just that much more important. What
really upset the North was the fact that within a few years after the war for independence, Southern plantations were shipping their cotton to English mills to be spun and
made into cloth. So, in effect, slavery made it possible for the Southern businessmen and Plantation owners to move in international business circles. Without the free slave labor the costs
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