(February 14, 2014 at 11:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote: It might be my natural cynicism but it doesn't seem as if "change" was high on the agenda.
We're talking about a fledgling nation here, one that had just gotten through the dysfunctional first attempt after gaining independence (The Articles of Confederation). They hit the do-over button in 1787 but just how fragile the new nation was had been underscored by the War of 1812 when the British easily overran our army and burned our capital. Any early attempt to abolish slavery would have triggered secession and the federal government was in no position to fight the Civil War at that point.
Overall, I think they did as good a job as we could reasonably expect of human beings.
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