Jan 7, 2023
While the Constitution was drafted in his absence, it was modeled after the Virginia Constitution, which Jefferson wrote. He also was in contact with Madison and others, don’t think for a minute he had no input.
I guarantee one Southern State that didn’t abolish the International Slave Trade was South Carolina which at one point imported over half of the slaves from Africa.
BTW., Washington paid the dentist, there is no record of the slaves getting anything.