The result of America’s success has always been justified for our resilient government. Since the founding of America, it has always been well organized and structured. The first set of obligations and rules for America was set in Americas Articles of Confederation. In these documents were many instructions and guidelines that the fellow colonist had to abide by. Later the forefathers of America developed and revised the Articles of Confederation into what is known as today’s U.S Constitution. To this day our government still follows these rules. Between the two were many differences that the forefathers experienced and wanted to change as they began to see certain things in America. Slavery is a very important part of United States history.
During the time era, slavery was socially and ethically accepted by the predominant white male which made up the majority of the colonies. Slavery was not stated in the Articles of Confederation because it was consented informally. There was no reason to state something that is allowed already rather than the Articles of Confederation were used to permit and forbid certain things. The Articles of Confederation gave a large percent of power to the states. The states individually taxed the residents and had their own and certain rules about slavery. For instance if a slave ran away in a state then the slave would have to answer to the state law rather than one universal law throughout the whole country. So in an essence, the Articles of Confederation could have morose been in favor of the slaves for if a runaway slave made it to a free state, then the state was not obligated to let the hunter in.
However, the Constitution further elaborated and went into a more detailed description concerning slavery than the Articles of Confederation. Slavery is seen in the Constitution in a few specific places. The first is in the Enumeration Clause, where representatives are assigned. Each state is given a number of representatives based on its population and in that population, slaves, called "other persons," are counted as three-fifths of a whole person. So in that essence it seemed as if slavery was mentioned more subliminally than outright saying the word “Slavery”. Also slavery was mentioned in Article 1, Section 9, Congress is limited, expressly, from prohibiting the "Importation" of slaves, before 1808. That stated that the slave trade was banned and was effective January 1, 1808. The last mention of slaves in the Constitution was the Fugitive Slave Clause. It requires that the state in which an escapee is found