All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place
with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wretched race
of slaves. The only possible step that could be taken towards it by the
convention was to fix a period after which they should not be imported.– Oliver
Ellsworth
(The Landholder, 10 December 1787)

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