The Constitution of 1787 established the U.S. Government and its fundamental laws. American Constitution guaranteed basic rights to its citizens, although these rights were not guaranteed to slaves. The United States had a chattel slavery , which is the main difference of U.S. slavery and slavery in other countries. Slaves in the U.S. were treated as property thus they were not citizens and they were not entitled to basic rights of a citizen. The U.S. Constitution of 1787 negatively affected Black struggle for justice. Until the end of Civil War, the U.S. Constitution was a document that supported slavery. In fact, slavery as a term is not mentioned in The United States Constitution, although laws that addressed American institution slavery
