Gouverneur Morris

Gouverneur Morris Condemns Slavery as Curse of Heaven at Constitutional Convention

1787-08-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania delivers a powerful moral condemnation of slavery during Constitutional Convention debates over representation, attacking the Three-Fifths Compromise and challenging southern delegates who profess little willingness to end slavery in their states. Morris declares …

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Three-Fifths Compromise Gives Slaveholders Massive Extra Political Power

1787-07-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention reach agreement on the Three-Fifths Compromise, proposed by James Wilson of Pennsylvania and seconded by Charles Pinckney of South Carolina, establishing that enslaved people will be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of congressional …

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