A Constitution of Compromises

When the 55 delegates of the Confederation came together in 1787 to record their ideas in the United States Constitution via consensus, the subject touching upon slavery in the States turned out to be the most debated point. States were openly divided in their economical, political, social and moral ideologies. Yet the impulse for a well-ordered, prosperous union gave way to making many compromises despite those ideals. With the intention to secure participation of all 13 States in …

…attempts of agreement retained the true ideologies of the states only for a few years until they clash in open struggle. Today the sections of the Constitution concerning slavery are substituted by amendments abolishing slavery in our society. They demonstrate the progress of people's commitment in pursuit of human rights: life, liberty and happiness. http://adh.sc.edu/dynaweb/MEP/rc/@Generic__BookView;td=2;hf=0 Norton. A people and a nation. Boston. Hughton Mifflin Company, 2001.