Let's look at the Preamble to the Constitution:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Slaves didn't get justice, didn't participate in the general welfare, and certainly were deprived of the blessings of liberty. According to the Constitution, slaves were not people.
Frederick Douglas argued that slavery kept the American people from living up to the principles of the Constitution. What do you think he meant by that?
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