The federal government and the state governments infringed on the inalienable right of liberty - at least for persons of color and lily white indentured servants- for how many decades after the founding fathers signed the constitution, until a war put an end to much of the slavery they had not had the proverbial nads to deal with?
Does that mean the founding fathers were sellouts?
No- it means that those who loved human liberty thought the first order of business was to overlook that little nasty aspect of things called "slavery" in the interests of unity in order to rid themselves of the Brits.
If they had chosen to pressure the governors to abolish slavery first would they have succeeded or would they have been ignored? We don't know, but they probably wouldn't have succeeded.
Would they have been able to fight the Brits at all if they took an absolute stand against slavery and failed to get some colonies to go along with the rebellion?
Just curious.