Sure it did, the Constitution has two places where it referred to slaves directly.
"...which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons" This was later removed by Amendment. Also: "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person." > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:howie@;coolfusion.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: How free are we? > > Slaves were not considered to be anything but chattle and, so, the > Constitution at that time did not apply to them. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
