Summary: Compromises On Slavery

Compromises on Slavery: During the American Revolution slavery was established in the South. The New nation’s attempt to deal with slavery can be found in the edited version of the Declaration of Independence. The wording in the Declaration of Independence was changed from “Life, Liberty, and Property to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. The change was made in order to avoid potential allies, like France from shying away from an American alliance because the French already banned slavery, but in America, the problem continued.
The Constitution prohibited Congress from outlawing the Atlantic slave trade for twenty years. The Constitution was about “No importation of slaves after 1808”. The law was a United States Federal Law that