#OTD 1787, the #ConstitutionalConvention debated when to end the slave trade.
Madison objected to the proposed date of 1808, explaining, “Twenty years will produce all the mischief that can be apprehended from the liberty to import slaves."
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Photo of “E Pluribus Unum,” mosaic by Rebecca Warde, courtesy of Montpelier.
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