Class Constitutional Convention: Slavery And Analysis

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In the Class Constitutional Convention, my role was as an African American Slave. I lived on a tobacco plantation in Virginia during the year 1787. My life was very harsh because of my daily tasks and they way I had to live my life. I woke up at the crack of dawn and stopped once it got dark. I was under the control of a master, but I tried my best to have the best life for my family. I also was aware that at any time my master could of sold me. Although the Declaration of Independence said that there would be “freedom of all,” it certainly was not applied to the slaves. My goals was “real” freedom, which is being able to have land and support in order to work my own land. During the bargaining process and talking with other groups of people, …show more content…
We were not able to team up with the Southern Planters because they thrived on having slaves do plantation work, so with them being free, they would not have the free labor anymore. We also …show more content…
In our class constitution, the issue of slavery was resolved by the complete eradication of slavery and slave trade. In the actual Constitution, this was resolved by allowing slave trade for 20 years until it was to be abdicated. This is specifically mentioned in Article I Section 9 of the Constitution when it states, “The Migration or Importation of such Persons of 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,…” They did this at the time because the south thrived off of slavery, and the North and South would have to come up with a compromise in order for the Constitution to work. In our class, slave trade was abolished immediately along with all of slavery. This topic came up with different results because the slaves were able to speak up in the class convention rather than the real one where there were no slaves whatsoever. Another issue that was discussed was the issue of in kind payments. It was resolved by allowing them for one full year until they are illegal and having all bonds paid back in full to the original owner in our class. In Article I Section 10 of the Constitution, in kind payments are subtlety made illegal when it states, “..make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in
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