What “nitpicking” have I committed?
The Constitution was written to protect FREEDOM not slavery.
A country which is based on Natural Law cannot accept slavery. The compromise was never intended to be permanent.
At the time of the Founding almost all the significant actors believed that slavery would die out if no more could be imported.
Then came the enormous wealth after the Cotton Gin and all of a suddenly it changed from a necessary Evil to a positive good.
And now you are nitpicking over nitpicking. You objected to the word "enshrined" when I pointed out that Article IV section 2 was made a permanent part of the US Constitution.
The Constitution was written to protect FREEDOM not slavery.
In a roundabout way, and mostly only the freedom of white males above the age of 21. It also protected slavery.
A country which is based on Natural Law cannot accept slavery.
Well here now I agree with you. Thomas Jefferson almost singlehandedly triggered the entire subsequent debate over the continuation of slavery with his "All men are created equal" Christian doctrine written into the Declaration of Independence.
However it is clear that the legislators of that era had no intention of applying this idea to slaves, and Thomas Jefferson himself didn't do it either.
At the time of the Founding almost all the significant actors believed that slavery would die out if no more could be imported.
Well they were wrong about that. Very wrong.
Then came the enormous wealth after the Cotton Gin and all of a suddenly it changed from a necessary Evil to a positive good.
D@mn Massachusetts Yankee! Seriously, making slavery profitable is how they got more slavery.
I actually have a D@mned interesting story about slavery and intrigue set in 1807 of which most people are completely unaware, and it greatly involves the issue of "natural born citizen" and the Louisiana Purchase.
It isn't fiction. It is a true story I found doing research on "natural born citizen". James Madison was quite upset about it.
Someone should write a book, or at least an article about it.