The process of forming of the union was complex, and there was a negotiation to bring all parties together.  History played out the way you wanted, slavery was abolished after a bloody civil war.<p>Damn whoever put this simplistic &quot;the framers were slavers so the lessons they taught can be ignored&quot; notion in your head.  Individual freedom is not an outdated concept!<p>You and others here just add ignorant poison to a good debate.