sep 17, 1787 - Constitution Ratified
Description:
RACE• No mention of "slave" in the document (regulation slavery not enumerated)
– Therefore, state powers regulate slavery
• Continuation of slave trade (importation) for 20 years
• 3/5th Compromise
• Suppression of slave revolts
– Northerners thinking of Shay's Rebellion
– Southerners thinking of slave rebellion
• Fugitive slave section
Added to timeline:
Date:
sep 17, 1787
Now
~ 237 years ago