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Decision in Philadelphia devotes much attention to the issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention and how the controversy over slavery found its way into the wording of the ConstitutionImportantly, writing about slavery Collier and Collier observe that The slavery question, then, ran into everything(p. 190)By the time the Convention was finished there were several provisions in the new Constitution that dealt with slavery although the word isn't actually used in the documentMost notable are the following: Article sec 2Clause 3: Three-Fifths Compromise concerning representation in the House of Representatives Article sec 9: Congress cannot interfere with slave trade before 1808 Article V: No amendment may be made prior to 1808 that affects Article Sec concerning the slave trade Article IVSec 2, Clause 3- Fleeing persons held to Service or Labourshall be delivered up The word slaveryisn't used anywhere in the original Constitution. It only appears in the Thirteenth Amendment (1865) which abolished slavery.
Why you think this issue was so divisive and what we learn about slavery in American law and politics from how the issue was addressed at the Convention?