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What Did the Constitutional Convention Do with Slavery?

September 17, 2017
Mary Sarah Bilder

What do Madison’s Notes reveal about how the Constitution handled slavery? For example, what significance should we place on the strong condemnation of slavery we find in Madison’s re-telling of his June 6 speech, or on his account of his July 14 speech in favor of proportional representation in the legislature, where the institution of [...]

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