The Constitution was written and signed by SOME who were slave owners! The Northern states did not own slaves and the New England states were the larger portion of the signers. But not all slave owners were harsh with their slaves. Many were treated like family. One only has to look at the heart of a person, slave owner or not to know how they treat people. And one never hears about the black slave owners who were reportedly MUCh harsher with their slaves overall than many of the white slave owners. FACTS have no room in our society today. Who is pushing this? People who were never offspring of slaves! And they want those of us whose families never owned slaves to pay them reparations.
The Northern states did not own slaves and the New England states were the larger portion of the signers.
The Northern states held slaves before, throughout, and after the Civil War. For example, New Jersey held out until shortly after the 13th Amendment was ratified. Other Union states also had legal slavery before, throughout, and after the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation had no effect in Union States. For this reason, the 13th Amendment was required to abolish slavery in December 1865.
New Jersey ratified in 1866, Delaware in 1901, and Kentucky in 1976.