Waypoints List: The Special Problem of Slavery in the American Founding

Northwest Ordinance

United States Constitution (slavery-related clauses I:2, I:9, IV:2)

Primary Source Document Name: United States Constitution . Alternative Name: . Author (If Applicable): . Date: September 17, 1787 . Unabridged . 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 […]

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Henri Gregoire (February 25, 1809)

Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (Query 18)

Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (Query 14)

James Madison, Speech at Constitutional Convention (August 25, 1787)

James Madison, Speech at Constitutional Convention (June 6, 1787)

Alexander Hamilton, Philo Camillus no. 2 (1795)

John Adams, Letter to Evans (June 8, 1819)

George Washington, Letter to Morris (April 12, 1786)