Focus Question: Why did the Constitution of 1787 allow slavery to continue, if the Declaration of Independence in 1776 claimed that “all men are created.

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Focus Question: Why did the Constitution of 1787 allow slavery to continue, if the Declaration of Independence in 1776 claimed that “all men are created equal?”

Document Analysis: Slavery Grievance (answer in your notebook) How does the Slavery Grievance describe slavery? Who does Jefferson blame for the continuation of the slave trade? Why does Jefferson italicize the word ‘Christian’ at the end of the first paragraph? Why do you think that Thomas Jefferson wrote a paragraph about slavery when he wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787