how did Framers dea lwith the issue of slavery in the founding of the nation?
The Framers did not address the morality of slavery, but rather addressed it as an issue of represention.
The Framers gave voting rights to free men and former enslaved people.
The framers made slavery illegal.
The framers addressed the morality of slavery.
The first statement is correct. The Founding Fathers, also known as the Framers, did not directly tackle the issue of slavery's morality in the founding documents of the nation. Instead, they addressed it as a matter of representation in the Constitution.
The second statement is partially correct. The Framers did not explicitly grant voting rights to enslaved people. However, they did include the Three-Fifths Compromise in the Constitution, in which enslaved people were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining representation in Congress.
The third statement is incorrect. The Framers did not make slavery illegal in the founding of the nation. In fact, slavery was protected and allowed to continue, primarily due to political compromises made between states with differing views on the institution.
The fourth statement is incorrect. As mentioned earlier, the Founding Fathers did not explicitly address the morality of slavery in the founding documents. Many of the Framers themselves, such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, were slaveholders, which demonstrates their personal acceptance or tolerance of the practice. However, there were also voices of opposition to slavery among the Framers, such as Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton, who recognized its inherent contradiction with the values of liberty and equality.