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Old 01-09-2008, 04:35 PM   #473
Radar
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Originally Posted by Aliantha View Post
I wonder if, when the constitution was written, the authors intended to include slaves. We could refer to them as impelled refugees. I'm sure they must have thought about slaves since these men were so insightful that they could write a document which would encompass every single possible challenge the country is/was likely to face.

However, considering slaves are actually people who were forced to move against their will, it would seem that they are not covered in any way under the constitution, unless of course you don't consider them to be people to begin with.

They were persons but were also slaves. They were treated as livestock.
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