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How Did The Constitution Allow Slavery To Continue?

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Are “all men created equal”? Why did the Constitution allow slavery to continue? The framers of the Constitution allowed slavery to continue because of political, economic, and social issues. They wanted their nation to be unified and the number of states to stay intact. They wanted to secure wealth and slavery was a great part of their economy. Therefore, freeing the slaves was not important. All men aren’t created equally as shown in these times.

The belief that slavery was wrong, was not strong enough for the the Constitution to overcome. Mr. Freehling said, “The only way Africans could be free was if they were sent back to Africa”. They didn’t think that if they freed the blacks they could live harmoniously together in America. Mr.
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