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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 1319758" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>Oh great, another constitutional expert on our hands...</p><p></p><p>You "Patriots" are a joke.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Constitution of the United States[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slavery_in_the_United_States&action=edit&section=6" target="_blank">edit</a>]</strong></span></p><p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">Constitution of the United States</a> was drafted in 1787, and included several provisions regarding slavery. Section 9 of Article I forbade the Federal government from banning the "importation" of persons that state law considered "proper to admit" until January 1, 1808, though a tax of ten dollars each was allowed. Article V prohibited amending those portions of Section 9 before 1808. By prohibiting changes for two decades to regulation of the slave trade, Article V effectively protected the trade until 1808, giving the States 20 years to resolve this issue. During that time, planters in states of the Lower South imported tens of thousands of slaves, more than during any previous two decades in colonial history.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKolchin199379-26" target="_blank">[26]</a></p><p></p><p>As further protection for slavery, the delegates approved Section 2 of Article IV, which prohibited states from freeing slaves who fled to them from another state, and required the return of chattel property to owners.</p><p></p><p>In a section negotiated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison" target="_blank">James Madison</a> of Virginia, Section 2 of Article I designated "other persons" (slaves) to be added to the total of the state's free population, at the rate of three-fifths of their total number, to establish the state's official population for the purposes of apportionment of Congressional representation and federal taxation.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#cite_note-27" target="_blank">[27]</a> This increased the power of southern states in Congress for decades, affecting national policies and legislation.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#cite_note-pbs.org-28" target="_blank">[28]</a> The planter elite dominated the southern Congressional delegations and the United States presidency for nearly 50 years.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#cite_note-pbs.org-28" target="_blank">[28]</a></p><p></p><p>TOS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 1319758, member: 17969"] Oh great, another constitutional expert on our hands... You "Patriots" are a joke. [SIZE=4][B]Constitution of the United States[[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slavery_in_the_United_States&action=edit§ion=6']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] The [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States']Constitution of the United States[/URL] was drafted in 1787, and included several provisions regarding slavery. Section 9 of Article I forbade the Federal government from banning the "importation" of persons that state law considered "proper to admit" until January 1, 1808, though a tax of ten dollars each was allowed. Article V prohibited amending those portions of Section 9 before 1808. By prohibiting changes for two decades to regulation of the slave trade, Article V effectively protected the trade until 1808, giving the States 20 years to resolve this issue. During that time, planters in states of the Lower South imported tens of thousands of slaves, more than during any previous two decades in colonial history.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKolchin199379-26'][26][/URL] As further protection for slavery, the delegates approved Section 2 of Article IV, which prohibited states from freeing slaves who fled to them from another state, and required the return of chattel property to owners. In a section negotiated by [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison']James Madison[/URL] of Virginia, Section 2 of Article I designated "other persons" (slaves) to be added to the total of the state's free population, at the rate of three-fifths of their total number, to establish the state's official population for the purposes of apportionment of Congressional representation and federal taxation.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#cite_note-27'][27][/URL] This increased the power of southern states in Congress for decades, affecting national policies and legislation.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#cite_note-pbs.org-28'][28][/URL] The planter elite dominated the southern Congressional delegations and the United States presidency for nearly 50 years.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#cite_note-pbs.org-28'][28][/URL] TOS. [/QUOTE]
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