The founding fathers of the United States are ones that are praised for their contribution to freeing the American people from British more than 200 years ago. In Thurgood Marshall’s “For Blacks, the U.S. Constitution is an Intimidating Document,” he argues that the founding father’s do not necessarily deserve the praise they receive for constructing the constitution and declaration of independence. It is said that the founding fathers created a “perfect union” that laid the foundation for what America is today. Marshall argues that in the contrary the reason the United States is the nation it is today is at the hands of the leaders following those before them. The need for the constitution to require multiple amendments and changes to fit
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These compromises were primarily made around allowing the southern slave owners the ability to use there slaves for purposes they would not other wise. The first compromise was actually one that benefited the northerners that did not necessarily use slaves. This compromise was one that allowed the New England states to “relegate commerce in exchange for the right to continue the slave trade.” Essentially this compromise was put into effect so that Northerners actually gained some benefit from the slave trade. The Northerners were allowed to export the goods and African slaves to the south. This ensured that both the south and the north benefited financially from …show more content…
Slavery was too ingrained in the Southern way of life that to criticize having slaves would ultimately mean they would have to set their slaves free. At that time, it was not seen as an option, mainly due to the fact that slaves were the laborers of the land. The southerners had grown dependent on having slaves to work the land to produce goods they could export for profit. Slavery had developed into something more than a question of morality and ethics by the time the American colonies had decided to gain their independence from the British. Slavery had become a necessity for the overall economy of the south. Slavery had become a question of, “how do I monetize this labor and gain more political power form
These compromises were primarily made around allowing the southern slave owners the ability to use there slaves for purposes they would not other wise. The first compromise was actually one that benefited the northerners that did not necessarily use slaves. This compromise was one that allowed the New England states to “relegate commerce in exchange for the right to continue the slave trade.” Essentially this compromise was put into effect so that Northerners actually gained some benefit from the slave trade. The Northerners were allowed to export the goods and African slaves to the south. This ensured that both the south and the north benefited financially from …show more content…
Slavery was too ingrained in the Southern way of life that to criticize having slaves would ultimately mean they would have to set their slaves free. At that time, it was not seen as an option, mainly due to the fact that slaves were the laborers of the land. The southerners had grown dependent on having slaves to work the land to produce goods they could export for profit. Slavery had developed into something more than a question of morality and ethics by the time the American colonies had decided to gain their independence from the British. Slavery had become a necessity for the overall economy of the south. Slavery had become a question of, “how do I monetize this labor and gain more political power form