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#Constitutional-Design

Events indexed under #Constitutional-Design — 6 entries in the record.

6 events From May 15, 1754 To Sep 17, 1787 Open in filter view →
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1754 · 1 event1787 · 5 events17541787
DateEventLanesStatus
1787-09-17Constitution Entrenches Slavery Through Three-Fifths Compromise and Multiple Protections
Constitutional Convention · James Wilson · Charles Pinckney · James Madison · +1
confirmed
1787-09-06Electoral College Design Leverages Three-Fifths Compromise to Amplify Slave State Power
Constitutional Convention delegates · James Madison · Southern state delegates · Committee of Eleven
confirmed
1787-08-29Constitutional Convention Adopts Fugitive Slave Clause Requiring Northern Complicity
Pierce Butler · Charles Pinckney · James Madison · South Carolina delegates · +1
confirmed
1787-08-25Constitutional Convention Guarantees 20-Year Protection for International Slave Trade
Committee of Eleven · William Livingston · John Rutledge · Charles Pinckney · +3
confirmed
1787-07-12Three-Fifths Compromise Gives Slaveholders Massive Extra Political Power
James Wilson · Charles Pinckney · Gouverneur Morris · James Madison · +2
confirmed
1754-05-15Haudenosaunee Confederacy: Democratic Practices Influencing Constitutional Design
Haudenosaunee Confederacy · Benjamin Franklin · Indigenous Leadership · Clan Mothers · +1
confirmed