America - Past and Present Vol. 1:To 1877 How was the issue of slavery dealt with in the final version of the Constitution?

The America
that was formed in 1776 was much
different from the America of today that is so much more
regulated by the
Federal government. The government that was formed under the Articles of

Confederation that were ratified in 1781 had nothing in them about slavery. For, the
power to
regulate slavery,as with most powers, was left to the individual
states because the new
Americans distrusted a powerful central government
after their oppression under the
British.

Then, in May
1787 when the delegates from 12 states met in
Philadelphia (Rhode Island send
no...

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