“There was no constitutional amendment protecting slavery”
Didn’t need one.
Anthony Johnson, black man, sued in Virginia court in 1655 to establish the legal precedent of slavery by holding John Casor, another black man, as a slave.
Imagine that. A black man started slavery by suing to enslave a fellow black man,
Gee, Black men owning other Black men. What a shock! Thanks for bringing that to my attention.