1787
7 verified events recorded in 1787.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1787-09-17 | Constitution Entrenches Slavery Through Three-Fifths Compromise and Multiple Protections Constitutional Convention · James Wilson · Charles Pinckney · James Madison · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1787-09-06 | Electoral College Design Leverages Three-Fifths Compromise to Amplify Slave State Power Constitutional Convention delegates · James Madison · Southern state delegates · Committee of Eleven | confirmed | |
| 1787-08-29 | Constitutional Convention Adopts Fugitive Slave Clause Requiring Northern Complicity Pierce Butler · Charles Pinckney · James Madison · South Carolina delegates · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1787-08-25 | Constitutional Convention Guarantees 20-Year Protection for International Slave Trade Committee of Eleven · William Livingston · John Rutledge · Charles Pinckney · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1787-08-08 | Gouverneur Morris Condemns Slavery as Curse of Heaven at Constitutional Convention Gouverneur Morris · James Madison · Southern state delegates · Pennsylvania delegation | confirmed | |
| 1787-07-13 | Northwest Ordinance Prohibits Slavery While Mandating Fugitive Slave Returns Continental Congress · Nathan Dane · Southern state delegates · Slaveholders | confirmed | |
| 1787-07-12 | Three-Fifths Compromise Gives Slaveholders Massive Extra Political Power James Wilson · Charles Pinckney · Gouverneur Morris · James Madison · +2 | confirmed |